Vietnam and Swaziland on May 21 signed a Joint Communiqué on the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries at the
Head Office of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations in
New York .
Speaking to the media following the
signing, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Vietnam ’s Permanent Representative
to the UN and Ambassador Zwelethu Mnisi, Swaziland ’s Permanent
Representative to the UN said the event marked a new step in relations
between the two countries, meeting the common desire to reinforce and
develop mutually beneficial relations.
They said
the two sides have agreed to exchange diplomatic representatives at the
Ambassadorial level and the provisions of the Vienna Convention of 1961
on Diplomatic Relations will apply to the diplomatic relations between
Vietnam and Swaziland .
The Joint Communique
will be sent to the UN Secretary-General to be circulated as a document
of the UN and notified to the Member States of the United Nations .-VNA