(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang had meetings with Speaker of the Egyptian Senate Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razek and First Deputy Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ahmed Saad El-Din Mohamed Abd El-Rehim on Wednesday as part of his official visit to Egypt.
 Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (L) and Speaker of the Egyptian Senate Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razek. (Photo: Government Portal) |
At the meetings, Deputy PM Quang said Vietnam always treasures and wants to step up multifaceted relations between the two nations and their legislative bodies in a comprehensive, effective and practical way.
Quang expressed his hope that the Egyptian parliament will continue to support the expansion of the bilateral traditional friendship and cooperation in politics, diplomacy, trade, investment and education.
The top Egyptian legislators spoke highly of Mr. Quang’s visit, expressing the belief that the trip will contribute to further strengthening the bilateral relations.
Affirming that there is an ample room for the two countries to strengthen collaboration, the two sides discussed measures to further deepen the traditional friendship in the coming time, including maintaining the exchange of all-level delegations, people-to-people exchange, and legislative cooperation.
 Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (L) and First Deputy Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ahmed Saad El-Din Mohamed Abd El-Rehim. (Photo: Government Portal) |
The two sides agreed to further open the market for each other's goods and encourage their businesses to strengthen connections and cooperation in the Halal industry.
Deputy PM Quang suggested the two sides consider negotiating agreements on economic and trade cooperation in the coming time to create breakthroughs in trade ties.
On the same day, Deputy PM Quang had a working session with Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, during which he highly valued the role played by the league in maintaining peace and stability and promoting political, economic and cultural cooperation.
Vietnam wishes to contribute to the efforts of the Arab League and its member countries to achieve peace, security, stability and sustainable development in the region and in the world, he said, suggesting the two sides closely coordinate, strengthen consultations and support each other at multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Ahmed Aboul Gheit pledged to make efforts to promote more effective cooperation between the Arab League and its member countries with Vietnam in the coming time.
Quang and Ahmed Aboul Gheit witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Secretariat of the Arab League, the first cooperation document between the two sides that features many measures to promote cooperation in politics, diplomacy, economy, culture, education, and science-technology.
 Delegates attend the celebration. (Photo: vov.vn) |
Also on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attended a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Egypt diplomatic ties (September 1, 1963 – September 1, 2023). The event was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt.
Egypt is one of the important trade partners and a potential market of Vietnam in the Africa-Middle East region with two-way trade turnover surpassing 600 million USD in 2022. The two countries aim to increase the trade turnover to 1 billion USD in the coming time.