Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese leaders have exchangedcongratulatory messages with their Russian counterparts on the occasion of the70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties(January 30).
The well-wishers are Party General Secretary and President NguyenPhu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman NguyenThi Kim Ngan of Vietnam, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin,Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Chairmanof the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin.
In his message to President Putin, Party General Secretary andPresident Trong said over the past nearly a century, Vietnamese and Russianpeople have stood side by side, from the battle to protect Moscow in the winterof 1941 to the struggle for national liberation and reunification in Vietnam,as well as during the cause of national defence and development.
In their messages, the Vietnamese leaders described thetraditional friendship and compressive cooperation between the two countries asan invaluable asset, which Vietnamese leaders and people are resolved topreserve and promote. They said the ties are the premise for the Vietnam-Russiacomprehensive strategic partnership to further deepen and grow more effective.
For his part, President Putin also emphasised the true friendshipand alliance between the two countries over the past seven decades.
“We have always been alongside each other during the hardest yearsof Vietnam’s struggle for national independence and freedom, as well as in thelater period of national reconstruction,” he wrote.
Leaders of both sides noted with pleasure the strong developmentof the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership over the past time.
PM Mishustin said the two countries are successfully deploying manybig-scale joint projects in the spheres of energy, industry, transportinfrastructure, science, culture and others.
The Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in Vietnam in2019-2020 have contributed to diversifying the relationship, he stressed.
The leaders affirmed their resolve to deepen the comprehensivestrategic partnership in a pragmatic way, for the sake of the two countries’people, and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region andthe world.
On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister PhamBinh Minh also exchanged greetings with Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov./.
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