Foreign Minister to visit Vietnam on Monday Nikos Dendias and then he will go to Cambodia, where he will take part in the work of the 55th session of the ASEAN Organization (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), and on the sidelines he will hold a series of meetings with his colleagues.

In more detail, during tomorrow’s visit to Hanoi, Nikos Dendias will be received by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as well as by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chin, and will also hold talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.

The talks between the two ministers are expected to focus mainly on the prospects for strengthening bilateral relations in a wide range of sectors (such as the economy, shipping and tourism), relations between the European Union and Vietnam, the two countries’ common commitment to international law, including the law of the sea, as well as international events, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

During the visit, it is planned to sign a memorandum of understanding between the Diplomatic Academies of the Foreign Ministries of the two countries.

In addition, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will transfer the financial assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the National Olympic Committee of Vietnam in a special ceremony. The aid will be delivered to the Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam Hoang Dao Cuong, with whom the Minister of Foreign Affairs will also meet on bilateral cooperation.

During his stay in Hanoi, Nikos Dendias will lay a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Uncle Ho Mausoleum).

It should be noted that the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Hanoi follows the visit of the Vice President of Vietnam, Vo Thi Anh Xuan, to Athens (November 2021) and the visit of the President of the Republic, Caterina Sakellaropoulou, to Hanoi for the last time. May.

Subsequently, Nikos Dendias will travel to Cambodia to attend the 55th session of the ASEAN Organization (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The minister will remain in Phnom Penh until August 3, when the Document of Accession to the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (FDA) will be signed. The TAC Admissions Committee is expected to be signed by representatives from Denmark, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Netherlands and Oman at the same ceremony.

On the sidelines of the ASEAN work, as noted in the same statement, Nikos Dendias is expected to hold a series of meetings with his counterparts from the ASEAN member states. In particular, on Tuesday he will meet with the Prime Minister (and Minister of Foreign Affairs) of Brunei and the Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister of Foreign Affairs) of Thailand, as well as with the Foreign Ministers of Singapore and Cambodia, and on Wednesday he is expected to meet with the Foreign Ministers of Affairs of Indonesia, India and the Philippines.

Source: RES-IPE