Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Vladimir Titov co-chair the 12th Vietnam-Russia defense and security strategy dialogue in Moscow on August 29. (Photo: VNA) While in Moscow, Vu paid a courtesy visit to RussianForeign Minister Sergey Lavrov and met former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
At the working sessions, the two sides expressed their delightat the positive developments of the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnershipover the past time, and affirmed the importance the two countries attach to forgingall-round cooperation.
They agreed to make efforts to implement the bilateralcooperation, making it match the comprehensive strategic partnership as well asthe time-honored friendship between the two nations, for mutual benefit.
In the spirit of high mutual trust and understanding, they heldin-depth discussions on regional and international issues of shared concern,saying given regional and global uncertainties, multilateral mechanisms shouldbe carried forward to deal with common challenges.
The two sides agreed to step up information exchange and maintainclose coordination at international forums, particularly the UnitedNations, and within the ASEAN-Russia cooperation framework.
Vu suggested Russia strengthen its multi-faceted cooperationwith ASEAN, and make more contributions to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
On this occasion, the Vietnamese official had a working session withleaders of the City of St. Petersburg, and met Russian friends and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia./.
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