President meets Chairman of State Duma of Russia
Moscow (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has
affirmed that Russia is always a top priority, trustworthy and traditional partner
of Vietnam.
During
a meeting with Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin in
Moscow on December 1, President Phuc wished that the two legislatures would further uphold
the role of the Vietnam – Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in
strengthening bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership and
inter-parliamentary cooperation in particular.
Volodin,
for his part, thanked the Vietnamese President for supporting ties between the two
legislatures.
He
affirmed that the State Duma of Russia treasures and wants to boost relations with
the Vietnamese National Assembly, contributing to deepening ties
between the two nations.
On
the occasion, he also invited leaders of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) to the
international forum on the development of parliamentarianism scheduled for September 2022 in Moscow.
President
Phuc also conveyed NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s invitation to visit Vietnam to the
host.
In
the morning the same day, the Vietnamese leader laid wreaths at Ho Chi Minh Monument
and a memorial dedicated to unknown martyrs in Moscow. Later, he paid tribute
to Vladimir
Ilyich Lenin - a great leader of the working class and international communist movement at his mausoleum./.