(VNA) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s tour of Belgium, the EU, Italy and the UK from last Thursday has created a driving momentum for Vietnam to foster its comprehensive relations with important partners in Europe. The visit, the first to West European nations by Trong as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, highlights the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, and diversification and multilateralisation of international relations. It also affirms the country’s policy of strengthening relations with the EU and countries of importance in Europe.