General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Tô Lâm met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on February 20 morning (local time) as part of his trip to Washington D.C. to attend the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace.
Held in an open and cordial atmosphere, the two sides discussed many aspects of cooperation between the two sides as well as regional and international issues of shared concern.
General Secretary Lâm congratulated the US and President Trump on the successful organisation of the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace. He affirmed that Việt Nam was among the first countries to commit to participating in the Gaza Board of Peace, and stands ready to coordinate with the US and other members of the Board to implement the peace plan.
He reaffirmed that Việt Nam always values and wishes to promote the Việt Nam–US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to develop in a stable, substantive, and effective manner. The two leaders expressed their satisfaction with positive outcomes in political–diplomatic relations, economic–trade cooperation, war legacy remediation, science and technology, education and training, and people-to-people exchanges.
