Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang is paying a
working visit to India at an invitation of Minister of Home Affairs
Sushilkumar Shinde.
At a meeting with Indian
Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid on October 29, Minister Quang affirmed
that the Vietnamese people are thankful for the valuable support of the
Indian Government and people during the country’s past struggle for
liberation and its national construction, defence and development. He
stated Vietnam always defines India as a great and faithful friend.
Quang said the Vietnamese Government treasures India’s “Look East”
policy, which considers ASEAN an extremely important pillar and strongly
supports the bloc’s central role, adding that he highly valued the
country’s positive and effective contributions to helping build an ASEAN
Community by 2015, implementing the ASEAN Connectivity Initiative and
developing the Mekong sub-region cooperation.
He
declared that Vietnam is willing to strengthen its comprehensive
partnership with India and will create all possible conditions for
Indian businesses to invest in Vietnam, especially in the fields where
they are strongest.
The guest also expressed his
hope that Minister Salman Khurshid will pay attention to developing the
two ministries’ ties to a new height, contributing to deepening the
traditional friendship and strategic partnership between Vietnam and
India for the peace, stability and interests of the two peoples.
Minister Khurshid thanked Vietnam for creating favourable conditions
for Indian investors recently, especially in oil and gas exploration
and exploitation, and solar energy.
He said he
hoped that the two countries continue intensifying cooperation in
software production technology, information security and safety,
banking, and transport infrastructure, as well as opening more direct
air routes.-VNA