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| Lê Tân Tới, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for National Defence, Security and Foreign Affairs, and Jean-Michel Jacques, Chairman of the French National Assembly’s National Defence and Armed Forces Committee, held talks on July 10 in Paris. — VNA/VNS Photo |
PARIS — Việt Nam and France have agreed to share legislative and oversight expertise, and broaden cooperation throughout a variety of strategic areas, contributing to deepening the Việt Nam–France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The settlement was reached throughout talks in Paris on July 10 between Lê Tân Tới, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for National Defence, Security and Foreign Affairs, and Jean-Michel Jacques, Chairman of the French National Assembly’s National Defence and Armed Forces Committee.
The assembly occurred simply over a month after the French committee’s profitable working go to to Việt Nam, reflecting either side’ willpower to promote sensible cooperation between the 2 legislative our bodies and their committees.
Tới famous that bilateral relations have continued to develop positively since Việt Nam and France elevated ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. He stated France is Việt Nam’s first Comprehensive Strategic Partner within the European Union (EU) and one of many nation’s main companions in Europe.
He stated financial, commerce and funding cooperation stays a key pillar of bilateral ties, whereas important potential exists for increasing cooperation in strategic infrastructure, science and know-how, defence trade, vitality, high-tech agriculture, and schooling and coaching.
Building on discussions throughout the French delegation’s go to to Việt Nam in June, Tới proposed enhancing cooperation in maritime safety, the peaceable use of nuclear vitality, area know-how, science and know-how, seabed useful resource exploration, agriculture, schooling and know-how.
He stated these are areas the place France has robust experience and Việt Nam has rising demand, providing alternatives for the 2 nations to trade legislative and oversight expertise whereas translating the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership into concrete outcomes.
The Vietnamese aspect proposed sustaining delegation exchanges and common contacts between the 2 committees, whereas strengthening the sharing of legislative and oversight expertise in areas together with defence, safety, defence trade, dual-use applied sciences, maritime safety, cybersecurity, vital infrastructure safety, disaster administration and responses to non-traditional safety challenges.
Việt Nam hopes France will proceed sharing experience, supporting human useful resource growth, facilitating data switch and selling hyperlinks between companies and analysis establishments in areas together with the peaceable use of nuclear vitality, aviation, aerospace, defence trade and marine analysis, he added.
Regarding Việt Nam–EU relations, Tới urged French lawmakers to additional help the efficient implementation of the EU–Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), encourage the French Parliament to ratify the EU–Việt Nam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and again the European Commission’s early removing of its “yellow card” warning in opposition to Vietnamese seafood exports.
For his half, Jacques extremely valued his committee’s go to to Việt Nam in June, saying that upon returning to France he had written to the French minister liable for agriculture, urging related French and EU authorities to help the overview course of for lifting the “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood.
He additionally stated he would talk about with the Mayor of Caen the potential of establishing a sister-city relationship between Điện Biên Phủ and Caen, whereas strengthening cooperation between the Điện Biên Phủ Victory Museum and the Caen Memorial Museum.
Jacques added that the French committee plans to host a global scientific seminar subsequent 12 months on maritime and marine challenges, specializing in points of worldwide concern such because the sea-based economic system, logistics and subsea cable infrastructure. The Vietnamese committee was invited to the occasion.
Welcoming the initiative, Tới stated he would report the proposal to Việt Nam’s National Assembly leaders and reply to the French aspect.
Both sides agreed to proceed selling common exchanges and sensible cooperation inside their respective areas of duty, contributing to nearer ties between the 2 legislatures and additional strengthening the Việt Nam–France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. — VNA/VNS