Prime Minister active on sidelines of ASEM-10

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a full schedule during his trip to Milan, Italy, holding a number of bilateral meetings with leaders who also attended the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting ASEM Summit (ASEM-10) on October 16-17.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung meets with French President Francois Hollande. (Credit: VGP)

During a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, both leaders hailed the recent outcomes of their bilateral co-operation to implement the Vietnam-France Strategic Partnership.

They agreed to increase delegation exchanges and reach a consensus on how to create a new impetus for their partnership in a number of fields, such as economics, security and defence, infrastructure, aviation, and energy.

They compared notes on international and regional issues of common concern, pledging to work together closely to organise the 21st UN conference on climate change in Paris next year.

President Hollande supported the goal to maintain peace, stability and development in the Asian-Pacific region, including security, safety and freedom of navigation, and the peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The Vietnamese leader held a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Matteo Renzi, who holds the EU Chairmanship and chaired the ASEM-10 Summit. The two sides agreed that Vietnam and Italy should join forces to make economic co-operation a key pillar in their strategic partnership.

They discussed measures to encourage and enable their business communities to promote links with a view of reaching US$5 billion in bilateral trade by 2015.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)