Vietnam always attaches importance to expand friendship and cooperation with Caribbean countries, including Haiti, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Haiti Nguyen Trung Thanh has said.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Haiti Nguyen Trung Thanh (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – Vietnam always attaches importance to expandfriendship and cooperation with Caribbean countries, including Haiti, VietnameseAmbassador to Cuba and Haiti Nguyen Trung Thanh has said.
Thanh had meetings with Haitian President Jovenel Moise, Prime MinisterJean-Michel Lapin and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bocchit Edmond during hisworking trip to the Caribbean country from April 20-24. The Vietnamese diplomatand Haitian leaders discussed measures to promote the sound friendship betweenthe two countries in the time ahead.
President Jovenel Moise spoke highly of the bilateral relations in the pasttime, saying that both nations have shared common values of peace, security andcooperation for development.
He said that apart from telecommunications, Vietnam and Haiti boast hugepotential to work together in the fields of agriculture and food security.
Lauding Vietnamese investments in Haiti, he described the joint venture betweenViettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group and Haiti’s Telecom Company as asymbol of economic cooperation between the two countries.
For his part, Ambassador Thanh affirmed that Vietnam is willing to shareexperience with Haiti in agriculture development, and will serve as a bridge toconnect Haiti with other Southeast Asian countries.
At the meetings, both sides expressed their desire to expand bilateralrelations in the coming time as well as coordinate at international forums andmultilateral organisations like Francophonie and the UN.
Ambassador Thanh wished that Haiti would support Vietnam’s candidacy as anon-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 terms.
He affirmed Vietnam commits to promoting dialogues and collaboration for peaceand security, preventing conflicts, handling international disputes viapeaceful measures, protecting civilians in conflicts and addressing post-warconsequences to build a sustainable peace. Besides, Vietnam will work to boostcooperation between the UNSC and regional organisations, contributing toensuring regional and global peace and security.-VNA
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Haiti Nguyen Trung Thanh (Photo: VNA) 
