Vietnam, Lithuania Foreign Ministers hold talks to enhance multifaceted cooperation
WVR - On July 28, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Politburo Member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held talks with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys.
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| Politburo Member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung welcomes and hosts Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys. (Photo: Quang Hoa) |
Warmly welcoming Minister Kestutis Budrys on his official visit to Vietnam, Minister Le Hoai Trung highly appreciated the significance of the visit, reflecting Lithuania's respect and determination to promote comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam. This is especially aimed at implementing the agreements reached by the leaders of the two countries following Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's official visit to Vietnam in June 2025 and ahead of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2027. Minister Le Hoai Trung affirmed that Vietnam values and seeks to enhance multifaceted cooperation with Lithuania, a traditional and important friendly partner of Vietnam in the Nordic and Baltic regions.
Minister Le Hoai Trung suggested that both sides continue to enhance delegation exchanges at all levels, especially high-level exchanges across all channels including the Party, State, National Assembly, and people-to-people exchanges to strengthen understanding, consolidate trust, and create new momentum for bilateral relations. He emphasized that both sides should effectively utilize existing cooperation agreements, promote business connectivity, and expand cooperation in areas with significant potential such as financial technology (fintech), digital infrastructure development, cybersecurity, logistics, energy, science, technology, and innovation. The two countries also need to promptly complete negotiations to sign agreements on avoiding double taxation and visa exemption for official passport holders, creating an important legal basis to promote trade in economic and labor sectors. Additionally, they should closely coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums and international organizations.
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| Minister Le Hoai Trung warmly welcomes Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys on his official visit to Vietnam, affirming that Vietnam values cooperative relations with Lithuania. (Photo: Quang Hoa) |
Expressing thanks for the warm reception from the Vietnamese side, Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys highly appreciated Vietnam's socio-economic development achievements and emphasized Vietnam's increasingly high position in the region and on the international stage. He affirmed that Lithuania values and wishes to deepen relations with Vietnam across all fields, always considering Vietnam as Lithuania's most important partner in Southeast Asia. He stated that Lithuania is ready to serve as a bridge for Vietnam to enter the Baltic and European regions, suggesting that both sides enhance their "gateway" roles to further connect the ASEAN and EU regions.
The Lithuanian Foreign Minister agreed that the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs should continue to be the focal points for connecting and coordinating the implementation of cooperation content. He expressed a desire to maintain regular exchange and consultation mechanisms between the two Ministries and thanked Vietnam for opening its market to Lithuanian chicken, fish, and eggs. He proposed that both sides continue to explore and promote the signing of agreements to allow other key products of the two countries to access each other's markets.
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| Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys affirms that Vietnam is Lithuania's most important partner in Southeast Asia and wishes to deepen bilateral relations. (Photo: Quang Hoa) |
Both sides emphasized the prospects for cooperation in economic, trade, investment, digital economy, green economy, renewable energy, culture, education, and training sectors. Minister Le Hoai Trung suggested that Lithuania continue to share experiences and support Vietnam in areas where Lithuania has strengths and Vietnam has needs, such as financial technology, laser physics, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
During the talks, both sides also exchanged extensive views on regional and international issues of mutual concern, agreeing to strengthen cooperation at the United Nations, within the ASEAN-EU framework, and to support multilateralism and international law in addressing traditional and non-traditional challenges. The two Ministers affirmed the importance of ensuring peace, stability, security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight, resolving disputes by peaceful means, and adhering to international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS 1982).
