WARSAW – Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met with Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on January 16 afternoon (local time) as part of his official visit to the European country.
President Duda spoke highly of the official visit of PM Chính and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Government as the two countries are celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations (1950-2025). He believed that the visit to Poland by a Vietnamese PM after many years will create a turning point to further promote the Poland – Việt Nam Comprehensive Partnership.
The President highly evaluated Việt Nam’s role in the Asia-Pacific region.
President Duda recalled good memories of his visit to Việt Nam in 2017 and his meeting with PM Chính on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, in June 2024. He was delighted with the positive development in relations between the two countries in recent times, affirming that Poland always considers Việt Nam as its most important partner in Southeast Asia and wants to develop cooperative ties with Việt Nam in all fields.
PM Chính congratulated Poland on its impressive achievements in the process of socio-economic development and European integration, contributing to enhancing Poland’s role and position in the region, and highly appreciated President Duda’s contributions to Poland.
He respectfully conveyed the regards of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Tô Lâm, State President Lương Cường, and Chairman of the National Assembly Trần Thanh Mẫn to President Duda.
The PM thanked the Polish leaders and people for their sincere and respectful welcome to the Vietnamese delegation and announced the results of the very successful talks with PM Donald Tusk. He emphasised that the Vietnamese people always remember the valuable support and assistance the Polish people gave to Việt Nam in the past struggle for national independence and reunification as well as in the current process of socio-economic development and international integration.
PM Chính affirmed that although time has changed, the friendship between the two peoples will never change. He affirmed that in implementing the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of international relations, Việt Nam always treasures and wants to strengthen relations with traditional friends in the Central and Eastern European region, of which Poland is one of the top priority partners.
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