President Tô Lâm (right) and Belarusian Ambassador to Việt Nam Uladzimir Baravikou had talks in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sáng

HÀ NỘI — President Tô Lâm received Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Việt Nam Uladzimir Baravikou in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

During the reception, the President affirmed that Việt Nam always values the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Belarus, which have been nurtured by the leaders and people of the two countries since the Soviet era and for more than 30 years since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.

He said Việt Nam always considers Belarus a trusted friend and partner, and appreciates the support of the Belarusian people for Việt Nam in the past, adding that Việt Nam hopes to continue strengthening the multifaceted cooperation with Belarus.

The President highly appreciated the results of cooperation between the two countries over the past time, including promoting the intergovernmental committee mechanism in implementing cooperation agreements and joint efforts to enhance collaboration in areas of politics - diplomacy, economics - trade, investment, defence, security, science - technology, culture, education, and local-level ties.

For his part, Ambassador Baravikou affirmed that Belarus values the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries, and wishes to strengthen the cooperation in all fields including politics - diplomacy, economics - trade, culture, education and people-to-people exchanges, especially between the young generation of the two countries.

The Ambassador agreed with the orientations for bilateral cooperation proposed by the President, including the exchange of delegations at all levels and via all channels of the Party, State, Parliament and Youth Union, as well as the promotion of people-to-people exchange, culture, and tourism, especially after the two countries’ agreement on visa exemption for ordinary passport holders comes into effect.

He pledged to do his best to develop the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Việt Nam and Belarus.

Discussing the two countries’ cooperation at international organisations and multilateral forums, the Vietnamese President and his guest agreed that the two countries will continue to coordinate and support each other for the common interests of the two countries and to contribute to peace, stability and development in the region and the world. — VNS