Welcome ceremony held for General Secretary, President To Lam in Ulaanbaatar
WVR/VNA - On September 30 afternoon, a welcome ceremony at the highest protocol for Heads of State was held at the Sükhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar, for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam who is on a state visit to Mongolia.
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| Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh hosts the welcome ceremony at the Sükhbaatar Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
Host President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh welcomed the Vietnamese top leader right as his motorcade stopped. They then inspected the guard of honour.
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| Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh welcomed General Secretary and President To Lam at the car-stop. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
Writing on the guest of honour book, General Secretary, President Lam highlighted the 70-year-old Vietnam-Mongolia relationship with major cooperation achievements.
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| General Secretary and President To Lam was presented with flowers. The two leaders took photos with Mongolian children. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
The leader said he and the Mongolian President will announce the elevation of the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive partnership later the same day, which is expected to open up a new period of development cooperation that is more substantive, effective, comprehensive, and long-lasting, for prosperity and happiness of their peoples.
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| Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and General Secretary, President To Lam observe the National Anthems of the two countries. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
Following the welcome ceremony, the two leaders had a retreat and will hold talks and witness the signing of some cooperation documents.
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| Overview of the welcome ceremony. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
General Secretary, President Lam’s two-day visit to Mongolia continues to implement Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of relations, and proactive and active international integration set at the 13th National Party Congress, the Politburo's Resolution 34 on a number of major orientations to realise the external policy given at the 13th National Party Congress, and Directive 25 of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on strengthening and enhancing the position of multilateral external relations until 2030.
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| Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and General Secretary, President To Lam review the Guard of Honour. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
It also aims to further promote and deepen the bilateral cooperation with each partner, affirming Vietnam's consistent policy of valuing friendly relations with traditional friends.
From Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
