The Ambassador of Kazakhstan took part in the meeting of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Free Trade Agreement

On November 13, 2023, Kazakh Ambassador Kanat Tumysh took part in the fifth meeting of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the EAEU, its member states and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The meeting was attended by Ambassadors, representatives of state bodies and state institutions of the EAEU member states and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. On the EAEU side, Andrei Slepnev, a member of the Board (Minister) for Trade, chaired, and on the Vietnamese side, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.

During the meeting, some topical issues of multilateral cooperation and prospects for expanding cooperation were discussed. In particular, the work of the Committee on Trade in Goods, technical barriers to trade, rules for determining the origin of goods, as well as electronic exchange of information between the central customs authorities of the EAEU member States and Vietnam.

At the same time, it was proposed to launch new direct flights between the EAEU member states and Vietnam in order to increase mutual trade turnover.

During the meeting, Ambassador Kanat Tumysh also held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Nguyen Hong Dien. The parties discussed the agreements reached during the official visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Vietnam in August 2023. In particular, the implementation of the Joint Action Plan for the Accelerated development of trade and economic relations between Kazakhstan and Vietnam, raising the level of the co-chairs of the intergovernmental commission from the level of vice-ministers to the level of ministers, holding a joint business forum during the visit of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong to Kazakhstan in June 2024, etc.

Also, the Kazakh diplomat informed the interlocutor about the large-scale reforms of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. In particular, he acquainted the Vietnamese Minister with the main elements of the domestic, foreign policy, as well as the economic course of the new Fair Kazakhstan. The parties also discussed the establishment of cooperation in the fields of transport and tourism, as well as the use of the potential of the Middle Corridor connecting Southeast Asia and Europe through China and the OTS countries - Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Dien noted that Vietnam supports Kazakhstan's initiatives and stressed the mutual desire to deepen bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation.

The meeting was held in an atmosphere of friendship, cooperation and mutual respect and was aimed at raising mutual cooperation to a qualitatively new level.