Ha Noi, Baku to sign MoU to boost cooperation
VGP - Azerbaijani Ambassador to Viet Nam Shovgi Kamal Oglu Mehdizade suggested Ha Noi and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to translate potential opportunities into practical results.
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Viet Nam Shovgi Kamal Oglu Mehdizade (3rd from left) and Chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh (4th from left), Ha Noi, February 8, 2023
The Ambassador made the suggestion while meeting with Chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh in Ha Noi on February 8.
Shovgi praised the friendship between the two nations, which has existed since the days Azerbaijan was a member state of the Soviet Union.
He also proposed the two governments should hold more cultural activities to tighten the bond between the two peoples, such as inviting Ha Noi's artists to perform at Vietnam's Day in Azerbaijan and organizing Azerbaijani art performances in the capital city.
Shovgi expected that those art shows will bring the people of both nations closer together and improve their mutual understanding.
The Azerbaijani Ambassador requested Hanoi's support for Azerbaijani agencies to hold cultural activities on the occasion of the centenary of late President Heydar Aliyev's birth and the 40th anniversary of his first official visit to Viet Nam.
In reply, Chairman Thanh said the two countries will see their relations improve in the future on the basis of traditional friendship.
He also supported the idea of the two nations opening a direct air route, hoping the idea will come true in the near future.
Thanh said that Ha Noi's authorities will work with the Azerbaijani Embassy to find a way to foster Hanoi-Baku cooperation in the fields of culture, art, education and training, tourism, and delegation exchange.
Ha Noi said the Chairman welcomes the idea of a Ha Noi-Baku Memorandum of Understanding and agreed to spare no effort to facilitate the embassy's activities to foster the bilateral relationship./.
