The Vietnamese Ambassador for Cuba and Haiti, Nguyen Trung Thành paid a six-day working visit (11 to 16 June) last week in Haiti to present his credentials to President Jovenel Moïse, and transmit him the invitation to visit President Tran Dai Quang in Vietnam.

The Diplomate proposed to implement concrete measures to boost bilateral cooperation in areas as diverse as the economy, trade, investment, telecommunications, agriculture, and to work collaboratively in forums multilateral. For his part, Jovenel Moïse expressed the wish to strengthen bilateral cooperation relations.

The two sides discussed measures to accelerate bilateral and multilateral relations, activate the mechanism of the Joint Committee on Trade and Investment, push bilateral cooperation particularly in telecommunications, agriculture, food security, energy and trade, and to start negotiations for the signature of the agreements for the encouragement and protection of investment and non-double taxation.

Nguyen Trung Thành was also received by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant, who briefed him on the achievements of Vietnam and future directions of the country's foreign relations.

Lafontant is committed to fostering Vietnamese business investment in Haiti and wants Vietnam to focus its investments on agriculture, the textile industry and share with Haiti its experiences in adapting to climate change and sustainable development .

Addressing the regional situation, including the Eastern Sea issue, the Prime Minister shared the need to strengthen cooperation to promote peace, stability, security, the rule of law, peacefully resolve all disputes, including at sea.

During his stay, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thành also worked with Antonio Rodrigue the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Jean Marie Reynaldo Brunet, the Minister of the Interior.

HL/ HaitiLibre