President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye met with President Tô Lâm of Vietnam at the Turkevi Centre (Turkish House) in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
The Report noted that the meeting addressed bilateral relations between Türkiye and Vietnam, as well as regional and global issues, according to the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye.
Erdoğan expressed satisfaction with Vietnam’s positive response to Türkiye’s proposal to elevate relations to the level of a strategic partnership. He emphasised that Türkiye is working to enhance cooperation with Vietnam in areas such as investment, trade, and the defence industry.
The President of Türkiye highlighted how crucial it is for the two nations to maintain their cooperation on the global stage.
Erdoğan congratulated Tô Lâm on his election as President of Vietnam and invited him to attend the Leaders’ Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be hosted in Türkiye.