Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a welcoming ceremony for his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim (Photo: Vu Dung/VOV)

During talks in Hanoi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim agreed to promote exchanges of visits and local municipal cooperation. They expressed concern about terrorism and pledged to support international effort to secure peace and stability. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the press following talks that both agreed to promote in-depth cooperation, ministerial, sectoral and people cooperation: “Trade cooperation is the key pillar in bilateral ties to achieve 4 billion USD of trade turnover by 2020. The Prime Minister and I pledged favorable conditions for provincial and corporate cooperation in goods and services of their strength. We discussed measures to settle and minimize trade disputes and price dumping cases, while boosting cultural, educational, tourism and transport cooperation.”

The same day, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received the Turkish Prime Minister. She called for more leaders’ visits to strengthen political trust and expand cooperation and mutual support in international arena.