Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung holds phone talks with Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez. (Photo: Quang Hoa)

During the talks, Minister Le Hoai Trung conveyed greetings from General Secretary and President To Lam and extended an invitation to President Claudia Sheinbaum for an official visit to Vietnam at a convenient time.

The Minister affirmed that throughout its development process, Vietnam has consistently valued relations with traditional friends in the Latin American region, with Mexico being one of the foremost important partners. This is based on shared bilateral, regional, and international interests. Vietnam wishes to continue promoting substantive and effective cooperative relations with Mexico across all fields, aiming to soon establish a new framework commensurate with the level of bilateral relations. Vietnam also supports Mexico in strengthening its relationship with ASEAN, thereby contributing positively to peace, cooperation, and development in both regions.

For his part, Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez highly appreciated Vietnam's socio-economic development achievements and its increasingly elevated international standing and reputation. The Minister affirmed that the Mexican government greatly values the friendship and cooperation with Vietnam within the broader context of its policy towards ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific region.

Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez conveyed President Claudia Sheinbaum's regards to General Secretary and President To Lam, and expressed the Mexican President's hope to build a strategic and long-term stable friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.

The two Ministers agreed to enhance coordination within the APEC framework as Vietnam and Mexico will successively host APEC in 2027 and 2028. (Photo: Quang Hoa)

The two Ministers expressed their delight at the positive developments in the multifaceted cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Mexico in recent times. Bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including Political Consultations between the two Foreign Ministries and the Joint Committee on Economic-Trade and Investment Cooperation, continue to be maintained regularly and effectively. Additionally, existing legal frameworks are being actively implemented, and both sides are continuing negotiations to establish new cooperation frameworks in various fields.

The two Ministers also noted that bilateral trade continues to grow rapidly, effectively leveraging opportunities from the CPTPP Agreement, of which both Vietnam and Mexico are members.

On this occasion, Minister Le Hoai Trung proposed that the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinate with relevant Mexican ministries and agencies to further facilitate the market access of products from both countries, thereby more effectively exploiting the potential for economic, trade, and investment cooperation.

Discussing future cooperation directions, the two Ministers agreed to continue close coordination to elevate Vietnam-Mexico relations to new heights. This will be achieved through promoting high-level visits and contacts, effectively implementing existing cooperation mechanisms, accelerating negotiations to sign important cooperation documents, leveraging the CPTPP Agreement, and enhancing coordination within the APEC framework as Vietnam and Mexico will successively host APEC in 2027 and 2028.

Both sides also affirmed their commitment to continue coordinating and supporting each other at international organizations and multilateral forums, contributing to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and globally.