Algerian, Vietnamese presidents discuss bilateral relations
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong is currently on a three-day official visit to Algeria at the invitation of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The visit aims at strengthening political, economic, trade and cultural relations between the two countries.
The two presidents held two rounds of official talks in the presence of the two countries' delegations, during which they reviewed means of developing cooperation between Algeria and Vietnam.
During his visit the Vietnamese president met with the chairman of the Algerian Nation's Council, Bashir Bu Mazaa, and the speaker of parliament, Abdul Qader Bin Saleh, to discuss areas of cooperation between the two countries in the parliamentary fields.
In an arrival statement in Algiers, the Vietnamese president stressed that this visit will pave the way before the two countries to upgrade the traditional friendship and cooperation relations for the interests of the two peoples.
In a statement to the Vietnamese news agency, President Bouteflika said that he views with great optimism the prospects for relations between the two countries, noting the numerous fields of cooperation which the visit of the Vietnamese president will avail to investments for the interests of the two sides.
On the political level, the two presidents expressed their identical viewpoints concerning several international issues and bilateral interest in the question of globalization.
Among the results of the visit was the works of the fifth session of the Vietnamese-Algerian mixed committee which concluded deliberations on Monday in Algiers, preparing an agreement on preventing double taxation. It will be signed on the sidelines of the visit of the Vietnamese president to Algeria to encourage exchanges and investments between the two countries.
Stress was laid that this agreement came to complete the already-established agreements between the two sides, including the trade agreement, the bilateral protection and guaranteeing of investment agreement and the cultural, scientific and technical agreement.