Vietnamese PM meets with Senegalese counterpart in Tianjin

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Senegalese counterpart Ousmane Sonko on June 25 morning (local time), on the sidelines of the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Tianjin, China.

PM Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his Senegalese counterpart Ousmane Sonko at their meeting in Tianjin on June 25 (Photo: VNA)
PM Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his Senegalese counterpart Ousmane Sonko at their meeting in Tianjin on June 25 (Photo: VNA)

PM Chinh conveyed greetings from Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, PM Sonko, and other Senegalese leaders. He also delivered an invitation from President Cuong to President Faye to attend the signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime in Ha Noi this October.

Highlighting Viet Nam’s principle of “working together, benefiting together, and developing together”, he reiterated the country’s readiness to continue dispatching agricultural experts to support Senegal’s food security through increasingly effective and innovative methods.

Noting Viet Nam’s recently obtained status as an observer to the African Union (AU), he sought Senegal’s support in deepening ties with African nations and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), while also requesting assistance for Vietnamese citizens and workers in Senegal.

The meeting between PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Senegalese counterpart Ousmane Sonko in Tianjin on June 25 (Photo: VNA)
The meeting between PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Senegalese counterpart Ousmane Sonko in Tianjin on June 25 (Photo: VNA)

Sonko, for his part, affirmed Senegal’s high regard for its friendship with Viet Nam and expressed a desire to intensify bilateral exchanges and people-to-people ties. He underlined his country's readiness to serve as a bridge promoting cooperation between Viet Nam and both the AU and ECOWAS, and encouraged Vietnamese firms to tap into the 400-million-strong West African consumer market.

Thanking Viet Nam for its agricultural assistance, he noted his hope for continued support in rice and cashew cultivation. He praised the success of Viet Nam’s agricultural cooperation model in other countries and voiced interest in expanding that model to benefit Senegal and other Global South nations.

The two leaders agreed to increase high-level exchanges and mutual visits, boost trade and investment promotion activities, facilitate business connections, and foster market access for each other’s key export products, with a strong focus on agriculture.

On the occasion, PM Chinh invited PM Sonko to visit Viet Nam, an invitation the Senegalese leader accepted with pleasure.

VNA
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