Vietnam and Mexico have vowed to further promote multi-faceted
cooperation between the two countries in the time to come for the
benefit of the two peoples.
The pledge was made by
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Mexican senior
officials, including Undersecretary of Commerce and Trade Ignacio
Navarro Zermano and Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee for the
Asia-Pacific, Senator Teofilo Torres Corzo during the former’s visit to
the Latin American country from April 15-17.
Anh
suggested Mexico soon recognise Vietnam as a market economy and
establish the Inter-Governmental Joint Committee to direct bilateral
economic, trade and investment links.
He also
recommended the signing of a framework agreement on trade and
investment, thus providing all possible favourable conditions for the
two countries’ enterprises.
The Mexican side agreed with Vietnam ’s above-mentioned proposals.
They
underscored the importance of Vietnam , an emerging economy in the
Asia-Pacific, to which the Mexican Government is striving to take a
closer approach.
The host leaders also hailed
Vietnam ’s great achievements in national construction, especially in
poverty reduction in combination with social policies and environmental
protection.
During the visit, Anh and his entourage
toured historical and cultural sites, and visited the Vietnamese
Embassy in Mexico City before paying a working visit to Panama on April
17.-VNA