The Ambassador of Algeria presents his Credentials Letters to President of Vietnam

On the afternoon of August 12, at the Presidential Palace, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Vietnamese President To Lam received ambassadors from Argentina, Algeria, Germany, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Sweden who came to present their credentials.

Welcoming Algerian Ambassador Sofiane Chaib, To Lam expressed hope that the two sides will strengthen their trade cooperation by ensuring the balance of interests, and maximize the effectiveness of existing cooperation mechanisms. He also called for promoting negotiations for the signing of cooperation agreements in such fields as construction, security, education, etc.

CPV General Secretary and Vietnamese President To Lam and Algerian Ambassador Sofiane Chaib. Photo: VPCTN

The Algerian ambassador expressed hope that Vietnam and Algeria will share many values ​​and principles of good cooperation in multilateral forums, especially at the United Nations.  The General Secretary and President stressed that Vietnam highly appreciates Algeria's role and position in Africa and the world.

He is confident that Algeria will successfully hold the presidential election in September and that the Algerian people will continue to make even greater progress in the cause of national construction and development.

The General Secretary and President affirmed that Vietnam values ​​traditional relations and friendly cooperation with Algeria, one of Vietnam's friends with deep relations in Africa; he thanks Algeria for standing alongside the previous national liberation movement, as well as for its active support in international forums and for enthusiastically helping Vietnam in the process of national reconstruction and development.

Glad to see that Vietnam-Algeria relations have developed positively in many areas recently, the Vietnamese General Secretary - President asked the Ambassador to actively coordinate with Vietnamese agencies to continue to promote and improve the scope of bilateral relations between Vietnam and Algeria, including the need to increase the exchange of delegations and high-level contacts between leaders of the two countries; to actively support each other in multilateral and international forums.

At the same time, the Vietnamese General Secretary - President hope that the two sides will strengthen their trade cooperation with a view to diversifying the commodity structure, expanding the scale of trade and ensuring a balance of interests of both sides; maximizing the effectiveness of existing cooperation mechanisms; At the same time, he asked the two sides to coordinate to promote negotiations for the signing of cooperation agreements in a number of other fields such as construction, security - crime prevention, education...

Ambassador Sofiane Chaib expressed his honor to present his credentials to Secretary General and President To Lam, and at the same time conveyed the greetings and wishes of good health of the President of Algeria to the Secretary General - Vietnamese President, as well as his best wishes for progress, prosperity to the Vietnamese people.

Recalling the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries two years ago, Ambassador Sofiane Chaib affirmed that the relations between Vietnam and Algeria have a long history, it is a relationship of friendship, cooperation and fraternal solidarity. The Algerian people know Vietnam as a resilient people, with a thousand-year-old culture and a developed economy.

Ambassador Sofiane Chaib said that the trade turnover between the two countries has tripled in 10 years, but there is still a lot of potential and that during his term, he will strive to cultivate bilateral cooperation in many areas.

The ambassador stressed that Algeria is pursuing a dynamic policy, which can be a gateway for Vietnam to expand cooperation in African markets; At the same time, he hoped that Vietnam and Algeria will share many values ​​and principles of good cooperation in multilateral forums, especially at the United Nations.