Presenting a copy of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s credentialletter to the Russian official, Khoi thanked Russia for granting 1,000 vaccinedoses during the Vietnam visit by Secretary of the Security Council of RussianFederation Nikolai Patrushev in March.
Morgulov expressed his delight that Russia’s vaccinereceives Vietnam’s attention, promising to push for the early delivery ofvaccine to the country.
He also appreciated the Vietnamese community living inRussia, and promised to maintain attention and coordination with the Vietnameseembassy in addressing existing legal obstacles to facilitate the life, work and study of Vietnamese citizens in Russia.
At the meeting, both sides affirmed that Vietnam and Russiaconsider each other a reliable partner, and a priority in their respective foreign policy.They said that maintaining the time-tested good relationship is an important condition for promoting bilateral cooperation in the newsituation.
They also reached a consensus on boosting effectivecooperation through such measures as delegation exchange, technology transferand vaccine production, the development of key economic projects, especially inthe fields of oil and gas, energy, agriculture, logistics, science andtechnology. The two countries will also coordinate in the international arena./.