Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 23 received Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Khamphau Ernthavan who has been in Vietnam to co-chair the third Vietnam-Laos political consultation at the deputy foreign minister-level.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) receives Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Khamphau Ernthavan (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 23 received Lao Deputy ForeignMinister Khamphau Ernthavan who has been in Vietnam to co-chair the third Vietnam-Laospolitical consultation at the deputy foreign minister-level.
At the meeting, Minh said he is delighted to see remarkableprogress in the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperationbetween Vietnam and Laos, as well as the close and effective ties between thetwo foreign ministries.
He stressed the significance of the Vietnam-Laospolitical consultation mechanism at the deputy foreign minister-level, sayingthe two sides should discuss issues openly with mutual trust in an effort todeepen the two countries’ cooperation.
The Deputy PM also took the occasion to express hissympathy for the losses the Lao people have suffered due to the tragic dambreak in Attapeu province in late July. He believed the Government of Laos and thoseaffected would soon be able to overcome the hardship and return to normal life.
Ernthavan, for her part, expressed that the annualconsultation mechanism between the two foreign ministers and the politicalconsultation at the deputy foreign minister-level, initiated by Deputy PM andFM Pham Binh Minh, have significantly contributed to strengthening the specialties between Vietnam and Laos at large and the two ministries in particular.
She congratulated Vietnam on the success of the 30th DiplomaticConference and thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for itscooperation with and assistance to the Lao counterpart in recent years,especially in professional training for young diplomats.
On the behalf of the Party, State, and people of Laos, sheshowed gratitude towards the donations from Vietnam to aid relief effortsfollowing the Lao dam collapse, and also extended his condolences over the lossesafter floods hit northern and central Vietnam recently.
The third political consultation at the deputy foreignminister level will take place in Hanoi on August 24 under the co-chair ofVietnamese Deputy FM Le Hoai Trung and his Lao counterpart Khamphau Ernthavan.-VNA
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) receives Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Khamphau Ernthavan (Source: VNA)