Affirming that Peru has always been a close friend and a leading important partner of Vietnam in Latin America, the President emphasized that Vietnam wishes to deepen the relationship between the two countries in the coming time.

According to VNA special correspondent, on the afternoon of November 13 local time, at the Casa de Pizarro Presidential Palace, right after the solemn official welcoming ceremony and private meeting, President Luong Cuong held official talks with President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra.

In a friendly and open atmosphere, the two leaders informed each other about the recent situation in each country, focused on exchanging directions and measures to further promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Peru, as well as on international and regional issues of mutual concern.

On behalf of the State and people of Peru, President Dina Boluarte warmly welcomed the President and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to their official visit to Peru; affirmed that the visit has special significance as it is a high-level visit by the President of Vietnam to Peru on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (November 14, 1994 - November 14, 2024), and expressed her belief that the visit will create an important impetus to bring the relationship between the two countries to a new stage of even stronger development.

President Luong Cuong sincerely thanked President Dina Boluarte, the State and people of Peru for the warm welcome and affection shown to the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation and respectfully conveyed the greetings of General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to President Dina Boluarte.

Affirming that Peru has always been a close friend and a leading important partner of Vietnam in the Latin American region, the President emphasized that Vietnam values ​​the role and position of Peru and wishes to deepen the relationship between the two countries in the coming time.

After giving an overview of Vietnam's recent political and economic situation, President Luong Cuong affirmed that Vietnam consistently implements a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization and diversification of international relations, in which it attaches importance to developing friendly and cooperative relations with Peru.

On this occasion, the President thanked President Dina Boluarte, the Government and people of Peru for their valuable solidarity and support for the Vietnamese people in the past struggle for national independence and in the current national construction and development.

President Luong Cuong congratulated Peru on hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for the third time, expressing his belief that the conference will be a great success, contributing to the development, connectivity and prosperity in Asia-Pacific as well as further enhancing Peru's role and position.

The two leaders expressed their delight at the growing bilateral relations through maintaining the exchange of high-level visits and contacts through all channels of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and localities; effectively implementing existing cooperation mechanisms such as the Political Consultation at the Deputy Foreign Minister level, the Intergovernmental Committee and close and effective cooperation at multilateral forums.

The two sides were pleased to see that economic and trade relations continue to be strengthened in the context of many challenges facing the global economy; Peru is currently Vietnam's 6th largest trading partner and Vietnam's most important investment destination in Latin America.

The President emphasized that Vietnam and Peru still have great potential for cooperation development, especially when many products enjoy tax exemption incentives from the fact that both countries are members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); he proposed that the Peruvian Government create favorable conditions and have special policies for Vietnamese enterprises to cooperate and invest effectively in Peru, contributing to building Peru to become increasingly prosperous, serving the interests of the people.

Recognizing the important contributions of the Viettel Technology - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) to the sustainable development of Peru in recent times in creating jobs and improving the quality of life of the people, President Dina Boluarte affirmed that the Peruvian Government will create favorable conditions for Viettel, through the Bitel telecommunications project, to continue expanding its business activities in Peru, participating in digital transformation projects, providing digital infrastructure, smart cities... so that Bitel can consolidate its role as a typical model of cooperation between Vietnam and Peru, thereby attracting more investment from Vietnamese enterprises in Peru.

In that spirit, President Dina Boluarte informed about Peru's socio-economic development orientations and policies in the coming time, highlighting the importance of Chancay port connecting Latin America and Southeast Asia via the Pacific Ocean, which will be inaugurated during the APEC 2024 Summit Week, and expressed the hope that Vietnamese enterprises will be interested in and participate in investment projects to develop multimodal logistics, industrial and technological centers around this port.

The two sides affirmed the will of the two countries to upgrade bilateral relations to a new level.

In that spirit, the two leaders agreed to continue to focus on promoting cooperation in areas of both sides' strengths and interests such as economics, trade and investment, including opening each other's markets for agricultural products, national defense and security, agriculture, telecommunications, digital transformation, energy, education and training, cooperation and exchange of experiences in poverty reduction, climate change response, culture, tourism, and people-to-people exchange; actively negotiating and signing bilateral cooperation documents to perfect the legal framework for sustainable development of bilateral relations.

The two leaders agreed to create favorable conditions for the business communities of the two countries to increase exchanges and business cooperation to increase bilateral turnover commensurate with the potential of the two countries; strengthen coordination, cooperation and mutual support at international organizations, multilateral and inter-regional forums, including cooperation between Peru and ASEAN and NAM-NAM cooperation.

The President of Peru expressed his wish that Vietnam would soon open a diplomatic representative office in Lima, Peru.

The two countries' leaders also had in-depth discussions and shared their stances on many regional and international issues of mutual concern, and agreed to ensure the basic principles of the United Nations Charter; strengthen multilateral coordination, promote common values ​​of peace, cooperation, and resolve disagreements by peaceful means, on the basis of respect for international law.

On this occasion, President Luong Cuong respectfully invited President Dina Boluarte to pay an official visit to Vietnam. President Dina Boluarte thanked him and happily accepted the invitation.

At the end of the talks, President Dina Boluarte presided over the ceremony to award President Luong Cuong the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru.

This is a noble award, demonstrating the special affection of the State and People of Peru for the country and people of Vietnam as well as the importance of the friendly cooperation between the two countries on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

After the talks, the two leaders issued a Joint Statement on strengthening bilateral relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Peru; witnessed the signing of cooperation documents in the field of trade promotion; and met with the press of the two countries and international press./.