On April 12, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his
Slovakian counterpart Peter Burian held a political consultation at
deputy ministerial level in Hanoi.
The two
sides briefed each other on socio-economic situation of each country,
discussed measures to further strengthen traditional friendship and
multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries, especially in
politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, education-training,
culture and tourism.
They also exchanged regional
and international issues of mutual concern. Both sides affirmed their
determination to continue working closely with and supporting each other
at international forums.
The two deputy ministers
highly valued results of cooperation between the two foreign ministries
over the past years and agreed to further expand the regular political
consultation mechanism to foster bilateral ties.-VNA