Top leader hosts welcome ceremony for Guinea-Bissau President in Hanoi
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his spouse on September 6 presided over an official welcome ceremony for Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his spouse, who are on an official visit to Vietnam from September 5-8.
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam (l) and Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló review the guard of honour of the Vietnam People's Army at the welcome ceremony held for the latter in Hanoi on September 6. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) — Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his spouse on September 6 presided over an official welcome ceremony for Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his spouse, who are on an official visit to Vietnam from September 5-8.
This is the first visit to Vietnam by a President of Guinea-Bissau since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1973. The visit aims to lay a foundation for deepening bilateral cooperation across various fields.
Following the ceremony, the two leaders held talks, reviewed the recent cooperation between Vietnam and Guinea-Bissau, and proposed future directions for bilateral collaboration.
Vietnam's foreign policy has always emphasised the importance of traditional friendships and a wish to develop multifaceted cooperation with African nations, including Guinea-Bissau. This serves as a crucial foundation for the two countries to build political trust and foster cooperation serving mutual development.
Regarding Vietnam as a priority partner in its foreign policy, the Government of Guinea-Bissau is willing to expand practical and effective collaboration with Vietnam across all fields in the years to come.
Currently, trade is the main area of bilateral economic cooperation. Vietnam is Guinea-Bissau's third-largest export market, while the latter has been one of the former’s top five African suppliers of raw cashew nuts for many years. In 2023, their total bilateral trade turnover neared 170 million USD, with Vietnam mainly exporting rice and textiles and importing raw cashew nuts.
The two countries signed an agreement on cultural🏅, economic, scientific, technical, and trade cooperation in 1994 and a memorandum of understanding on trade and industrial coopera꧒tion between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Guinea-Bissau ministry for trade, industry, and promotion of local products in 2014./.
President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on September 5 evening, starting a four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife.
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s official visit to Vietnam from September 5-8 holds important significance for both countries, Vietnamese Ambassador to Morocco and Guinea-Bissau Le Kim Quy told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporter in Africa.
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his spouse’s official visit to Vietnam from September 5 to 8, made at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse, marks the first-ever visit to Vietnam by a president of the West African nation since the establishment of the sides’ diplomatic relations.
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