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Embassy maintaining attention to Vietnamese in Ukraine: ambassador

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine has been keeping a close watch on the current situation and maintaining attention to the Vietnamese community here, Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach said on January 27.
Embassy maintaining attention to Vietnamese in Ukraine: ambassador ảnh 1Children of Vietnamese people in Ukraine at a Vietnamese language class (Photo: VNA)

Moscow (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine has beenkeeping a close watch on the current situation and maintaining attention to theVietnamese community here, Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach said on January 27.

Granting an online interview to the Vietnam News Agency, he said amid contradictoryinformation about the situation in eastern Ukraine, the embassy has stillmaintained frequent contact, either in person or online, with most of the Vietnamesecommunity across Ukraine, except for those in Donetsk that it hasn’t gainedaccess to.

There haven’t been any worrying signs in Ukraine, and economicactivities can still take place as normal, Thach said, noting that the embassyhas still organised many activities marking the 30th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations.

The ambassador appealed to the Vietnamese community in Ukraine not to beoveranxious but stay calm to sustain economic activities for the sake ofthemselves.

Embassy maintaining attention to Vietnamese in Ukraine: ambassador ảnh 2Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Hong Thach (Photo: VNA)

Regarding the Ukraine situation, he cited the Ukrainian Ministry ofForeign Affairs as saying that the situation is not really tense like what somewestern media agencies reported, and that some countries’ withdrawal of theirdiplomatic staff is too circumspect.

Thach stressed the Vietnamese Embassy is keeping a “very close” watch andperceives that the situation is not too tense to lead to a war, the relevantcountries are working towards negotiations, and every diplomatic effort isstill being made through meetings and contacts among diplomats such as therecent meeting in Geneva.

The embassy made this assessment, through frequent contacts withdiplomats of other countries, with all of its sense of responsibility towardsthe homeland and the Vietnamese community in Ukraine, he added./.        

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