At the meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs bui Thanh Son and Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia (Source: baoquocte.vn)Kosachev made the statement at a meeting with Vietnamese Ministerof Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, who is on his official trip to the nation, onSeptember 27.
At the function, both officials expressed their delight atdevelopments in the Vietnam – Russia relations across all sectors and channels,including the parliamentary channel.
Despite COVID-19, the Vietnamese National Assembly and theRussian Federation Council have sustained their ties via online exchanges, mostrecently the talks between National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairpersonof the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. The sides have aslo workedclosely at regional and international forums such as the Inter-ParliamentaryUnion (IPU) and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).
Kosachev stated the Russian upper house backs the boostingof the Vietnam – Russia comprehensive strategic partnership in all spheres, aswell as cooperation in accelerating the ratification and implementation ofdeals sealed between the nations.
He appreciated Vietnam’s aid of 50,000 face masks for theFederation Council when the pandemic broke out in early 2020 and Russia faceddifficulties in producing the masks.
He vowed to do his best to speed up the supply of the SputnikV vaccine for Vietnam. The official also thanked Vietnam for making the Russianlanguage a subject in high schools from 2022, considering it a good premise forincreasing the number of Vietnamese students in Russia in the future.
For his part, Son affirmed the bilateral parliamentarycooperation, particularly between their friendship parliamentarian groups,plays a significant role in deepening the countries’ comprehensive strategicpartnership.
He said the Federal Council has actively supported collaborationbetween Vietnamese and Russian localities, with relations established andexpanded toward practical outcomes. Son asked the council to further suchassistance and back the nations’ people-to-people exchange.
On the occasion, the diplomat proposed the council raise itsvoice so that Russia prioritises vaccine supply and technological transfer forVietnam and support for Vietnamese expatriates in country in the context ofCOVID-19.
Also on September 27, Son visited the military attachéagency of Vietnam in Moscow and held a meeting with the Russian DirectInvestment Fund.
Earlier, he laid flowers at the Ho Chi Minh monument inMoscow, visited the monument of unknown martyrs, and met representatives of theVietnamese community in Russia and staff of the Vietnam Embassy in Russia./.
VNA
