Vietnam, Russia to increase strategic partnership
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc
Cuong met his Russian counterpart Alexei N. Borodavkin in Moscow on
Feb. 21 to convey a letter of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to Russian
PM V. Vladimir Putin.
The letter mentioned some
important contents to boost and increase the Vietnam-Russia strategic
partnership in the new period.
Deputy FM Borodavkin said
Russia valued the Vietnamese PM’s move to send his special envoy to
convey a letter to PM Putin, which, Borodavkin said, showed a special
trust in the relationship between the two countries’ leaders.
He
said Russian leaders were pleased to see the dynamic development of the
Vietnam-Russia strategic partnership in the recent past and will
continue to work closely with Vietnam to expand and deepen bilateral
ties to serve the cause of development and modernisation of the two
countries.
The two Deputy FMs exchanged views on international and bilateral cooperation issues./.