Professor Georgy Toloraya, director of Asian Strategy Centre at the Institute of Economics RAS (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Russian scholars have lauded Vietnam’s organising thesecond summit between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader KimJong-un and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi on February 27-28.
Director of the Russian Strategy forAsia Center of the Institute of Economics at Russia’s Academy of Sciences Prof.Georgy Toloraya said Vietnam’s organisation of the summit has been perfect.
Throughthis summit, Vietnam has managed to elevate its position in the region as aresponsible nation and proved that it could pull off holding such an event, headded.
Meanwhile, Grigory Trofimchuk, head of the expert council of theEurasian Ideas Foundation, said Vietnam hosted the summit with excellentquality, showing the country’s prestige in international politics has beenconsolidated when Vietnam has engaged in significant geo-political orientationsand contributed to ensuring security in Asia.
Vietnam has been trusted by the world in important issues such asnuclear disarmament and has become one of the key factors in bolstering trustin the world, he stressed.
On the summit’s outcomes, Prof. Toloraya expressed his surprise as the summit came to no agreement.
It’s a regret that this opportunity has been wasted and thecertainty of a third summit is still up in the air, stated Prof. Toloraya.
He emphasised the fact that the two sides have not been criticalof each other and President Trump remains optimistic of another summit andrespectful of the DPRK leader. - VNA
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