President Mulino Quintero: Vietnam plays an important role for Panama

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino Quintero. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

According to a special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, on the occasion of attending the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos and bilateral activities in Switzerland, on January 21, local time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Quintero.

At the meeting, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to the role and position of Panama in the Central and Latin American regions, always remembers and appreciates the support that the Panamanian people have given to Vietnam in the past cause of national liberation and the current cause of national construction; affirmed that the closeness between the people of the two countries will be a favorable condition to strengthen bilateral relations, especially in politics -diplomacy, economy-trade.

On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully conveyed the greetings of General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to President José Raúl Mulino Quintero.

The President of Panama affirmed that Vietnam plays an important role for Panama, expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s efforts to develop as it is today after fighting to regain peace and national independence; shared good memories of his previous visit to Vietnam; emphasized that in an increasingly competitive world, the two countries need to strengthen cooperation.

The President of Panama affirmed that the two countries have many areas where they can strengthen cooperation and complement each other, such as trade and service cooperation; and thanked Vietnamese businesses for supporting and choosing to do business with Panama for many years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino Quintero. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

President Mulino Quintero said that the scale of trade, Vietnam's role in Asia and the diligence and hard work of the Vietnamese people are added values ​​for the cooperative relationship between the two countries.

To make the relationship between the two countries more effective and substantive, the two leaders agreed that both sides need to increase the exchange of delegations, especially high-level delegations; enhance trade and investment cooperation; and expand cooperation to new areas such as infrastructure, electric cars, pharmaceuticals, tourism development, and people-to-people exchange.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that based on its experience in agriculture and rice production, Vietnam is ready to share its experience and support Panama in food production, especially rice cultivation.

Vietnam is also ready to facilitate Panamanian businesses to do business and invest in Vietnam and access all 60 FTA partner markets that Vietnam has signed and is implementing.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister respectfully conveyed the invitation from the General Secretary and President to President Mulino Quintero to visit Vietnam soon. The Panamanian President happily accepted the invitation./.