Vietnam, EU hold ninth PCA negotiation round

02:45 PM @ Friday - 10 September, 2010
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) began the ninth round ofnegotiations for the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) inBrussels on Sept. 10.

The Vietnamesedelegation to the negotiation is headed by Deputy Foreign Minister BuiThanh Son and the EU side is headed by James Moran, Director for Asiain the European Commission’s Directorate General for ExternalRelations.

The two sides are expected to dealwith existing issues, including a provision regarding “commonprinciples”, especially in the economic sector, and other provisionsrelating to cooperation in trade and investment, immigration, anddealing with the aftermath of war, mine clearance and law.

The ninth negotiation round, to close on Sept. 13, took place on thethreshold of the eighth Asia-Europe Summit expected to open in earlyOctober and in the context that Vietnam and the EU are preparing to markthe 20 th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

In thespirit of cooperation and respect for each other’s position, the twosides reached vital progress in the past eight negotiations with the aimof ending the talks later this year.

Vietnam-EU PCA negotiations, following an EU request, started in early 2008./.

(Source: http://en.vietnamplus.vn)

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