📰Article by Russia's President Vladimir Putin for publication in Nhân Dân, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam (June 19, 2024)
Russia and Vietnam: Friendship Tested by Time
💬 It is symbolic that our upcoming visit to Vietnam will take place around the date that marks the 30th anniversary of the Russian-Vietnamese Treaty on Foundations of Friendly Relations. This strategic document opened up vast opportunities to strengthen and develop the whole range of bilateral ties, giving them a powerful impetus and increasing their dynamics at the new historical stage.
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🔹 Our country significantly contributed to the heroic struggle of the Vietnamese people against foreign invaders. After the victory and complete liberation of the Vietnamese territory from the occupiers, it was Soviet builders, engineers, doctors, teachers and scientists who helped rebuild Vietnam.
🔹 Vietnam is a vibrant and unique ancient civilization adding to the tapestry of a multipolar world. Hanoi pursues an independent foreign policy in the global arena and strongly advocates a just world order based on international law and principles of equality of all states and non-interference in their internal affairs.
🔹 We highly appreciate the fact that our countries have coinciding or similar approaches to pressing issues on the international agenda. We work closely together within key international forums, first of all within the UN. <...> We see Vietnam as a like-minded partner in shaping a new architecture of equal and indivisible Eurasian security on an inclusive and non-discriminatory basis.
🔹 We are grateful to our Vietnamese friends for their balanced position on the Ukraine crisis and their desire to facilitate the search for practical ways to settle it peacefully. All of this is fully in line with the spirit and nature of our relations.
🔹 Together with our Vietnamese friends, we will continue to develop #RussiaVietnam ties and cooperation for the benefit of our peoples, for stability and prosperity in the region and the world as a whole.
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🇷🇺🇻🇳 President Vladimir Putinspoke over the phone with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.
🕯 Nguyen Phu Trong expressed deep condolences over the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.
The Leaders had an in-depth discussion on bilateral relations, focusing on further development of mutually beneficial trade and economic, scientific and technological cooperation, and humanitarian exchanges. The Parties specifically stressed that Russia and Vietnam hold similar positions on the international agenda, and expressed confidence that Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive strategic partnership would continue to grow stronger.
🤝 The conversation was held in a traditionally friendly and constructive atmosphere. It was agreed to maintain dialogue at various levels, as well as personal contacts.
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🇷🇺🇻🇳 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of Vietnam To Lammade statements to the media (June 20, 2024)
💬Vladimir Putin: Russia places great emphasis on further strengthening the Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive, long-standing and friendly relations, our strategic partnership. Our ties continue to expand and progress in the spirit of equality, mutual respect and consideration of each other’s interests. Our countries are linked by a strong bond of shared history. Next year will mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Vietnam. <...>
Today, Comrade President and I have adopted a statement that supports the principles of the Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive strategic partnership and announces new guidelines for our joint work in the future.
☝️ I would like to mention the tangible benefits our friends have derived from the Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union. Enacted in 2016, it has since then vastly promoted growth in Russian-Vietnamese trade through favourable conditions for access of goods and services to each other’s markets, also fostering investment, technology exchange and innovation.
Equally important is that our countries are consistently pursuing the transition to settlements in national currencies and striving to create sustainable channels of cooperation in lending activities and banking.
⚛️ A strategic point of our bilateral cooperation is the energy sector. <...> Russia and Vietnam have excellent opportunities for cooperation in renewable energy. <...> Another promising area for expanding bilateral cooperation is nuclear energy.
We consider our cooperation on the Vladivostok – Ho Chi Minh City maritime transport corridor, a large-scale infrastructure project, to be highly promising. Since its opening in 2022, this corridor has facilitated regular cargo shipments with container ships operating on a weekly basis.
Currently, more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from Vietnam are studying in Russian universities.
🤝 Russia's and Vietnam's respective stances on these issues are largely in accord or closely aligned. Our countries remain committed to the principles of the rule of international law, sovereignty, and non-interference in countries' domestic affairs. They coordinate their efforts on key international platforms, including the UN, as well as within the #RussiaASEAN dialogue and at summits in East Asia.
During our discussion on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, we expressed mutual interest in building a strong and reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region based on the principles of the non-use of force and peaceful settlement of disputes, with no room for closed military-political blocs.
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By President Vladimir Putin's order Russia's EMERCOM delivers 35 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Vietnam to help alleviate the damage done by the typhoon. The assistance package comprises emergency food supplies, first aid kits, mobile generators and power stations.
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