The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, on 10.5, at the Russian National Duma headquarters in the Capital of Moscow, General Secretary To Lam met with the National Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin in the official visit to the Russian Federation and attended the 80th anniversary of the great national defense war.
National Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin expressed his pleasure to meet General Secretary To Lam and thanked the General Secretary on behalf of the Party and State of Vietnam to lead the high -ranking delegation of Vietnam to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great National War, expressing Vietnam's brothers and affection for the previous Soviet Union and Russia today.
President of the National Duma Federation affirmed that Vietnam is a comprehensive strategic partner, a reliable Russian friend in Southeast Asia; emphasizing Duma of the Russian Federation is always proud of the two countries with faithful relationships, iron lipstick; This visit of the General Secretary contributes to deepening the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between the Russian and Vietnam Federation, including parliamentary cooperation channels. National Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin affirmed that all sects in Duma supported Vietnam and developed cooperative relations with Vietnam.
General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the role of the Russian State Duma in the political system of the Russian Federation as well as its positive contributions to the cooperation between the Vietnam - Russia parliamentary affairs and the bilateral relationship in general in recent times.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that Vietnam attaches special importance to and wishes to continuously strengthen and develop relations with Russia, in which the parliamentary channel plays a practical role in promoting and supervising the implementation of inter-governmental agreements, while deepening understanding and trust between the two countries.
The two leaders agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Russian State Duma through regularly maintaining high-level delegation exchanges, groups of friendly parliamentarians and professional committees; promoting the exchange of legislative experience, perfecting the legal framework to facilitate the expansion of bilateral cooperation.
General Secretary To Lam and President of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin emphasized the important role of the two countries' parliament in supporting efforts to strengthen economic - trade, investment, energy, education - training and people-to-people exchanges, cooperation between localities; promoting the removal of procedural barriers, creating favorable conditions for citizens of the two countries to live, study and work in each other's territories.
The two leaders also agreed that the two sides will coordinate to further enhance exchanges between the younger generation to preserve and continue the traditional friendship between the two countries.
The two sides also discussed strengthening coordination at multilateral parliamentary forums, thereby demonstrating a common voice for peace, cooperation and sustainable development in the region and the world.