(VOVworld) - Vietnamese Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong and his Czech counterpart Helena Valkova highlighted the need to restore direct relations between the two ministries, particularly at the ministerial level, after a 25-year hiatus.

The talks between the two justice ministers (Photo: VNA)

During their talks in Prague on Tuesday, the two officials agreed to update the mutual judicial assistance agreement on civil and criminal matters signed by Vietnam and Czechoslovakia in 1982. They said an extradition agreement pending signing in the near future is a breakthrough in bilateral judicial relations. The same day, Minister Cuong met with Jeronym Tejc, Chairman of the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, and Miroslav Antl, Chairman of the Czech Senate’s Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. The Vietnamese delegation

n will hold working sessions with the Czech Republic’s prosecution agency and Constitutional Court on Wednesday before leaving for Slovakia.