PM meets Lao, Thai counterparts on sidelines of regional summits
VGP – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed their pleasure at the fine advancement of the Viet Nam-Thailand strategic partnership across fields, especially economy, trade and investment during their meeting in Bangkok on Friday.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) shakes hands with Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha in Bangkok, Thailand, June 15, 2018. Photo: VGP |
They affirmed both countries attach importance to connectivity cooperation between them and among countries in the region, agreeing to jointly accelerate construction of roads within the East-West Economic Corridor.
PM Phuc wished that Thailand would successfully host the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit and the 9th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam (CLMV) Summit.
Thai PM Prayut spoke highly of Viet Nam’s position and role in the region in general and in the ACMECS mechanism in particular, affirming his country expects to strengthen cooperation with Viet Nam.
On the occasion, the two PMs witnessed the signing of three cooperative documents, including a Memorandum of Understanding between the Enterprise Development Agency under the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment and Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) meets with Lao PM Thongloun Sisoulith on the sidelines of the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit and the 9th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam (CLMV) Summit, Bangkok, June 15, 2018. Photo: VGP |
During the meeting, PM Phuc extended sincere thanks to Laos and other ASEAN member countries for their support for Viet Nam to win a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in the tenure 2020-2021.
PM Phuc suggested the two sides continue sharing information and close coordination in ASEAN and other multilateral forums in order to contribute to maintaining peace, stability and sustainable development in respective countries as well as in the region and the world.
He also thanked Lao PM Sisoulith for confirming his participation in the World Economic Forum on ASEAN, scheduled to take place in Viet Nam in September this year./.
By Quang Minh