Viet Nam continually attaches importance to promoting friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Israel, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh told Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely at a reception in Ha Noi on August 26.

Minh welcomed the guest’s visit to Viet Nam from August 23-26 and expressed his delight at the positive strides in the two nations’ relations in recent years, especially in trade, agriculture, science-technology and education-training.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) receives Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Photo: VNA)

He urged the two sides to increase all-level delegation exchanges and raise trade to 2 billion USD in the near future while pushing ahead with negotiations to sign a bilateral agreement on science and technology and a cooperation programme on education and training between 2016 and 2018.

In turn, Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely highly valued Viet Nam’s position in the region and asserted that Israel considers Viet Nam a key partner in Asia and hopes to develop multi-dimensional collaboration.

(Source: VNA)