Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Russian Prime Minister D.Medvedev witnessed the signing of cooperation between Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation and Gazprom
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The talks, also attended by the countries’ senior officials, took place following the welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese leader at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow. Russian PM Medvedev congratulated the Communist Party of Vietnam on successfully organising the 12th National Congress, which set up important guidelines and orientations for Vietnam’s development in the next few years.
He welcomed the first Russia visit by Nguyen Xuan Phuc in capacity as the Vietnamese Government’s leader, adding that his country has continually considered Vietnam one of its top Asian-Pacific partners. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of Russia’s modernisation and development attainments and its growing stature in the world. He stressed Vietnam’s consistent policy of promoting the traditional amity and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia.
The leaders applauded Vietnamese and Russian ministries’ activeness in implementing cooperation projects in energy, oil and gas, mining and agriculture. Amid domestic and global economic difficulties, both sides concurred in supporting the oil and gas joint ventures in each country, strengthen collaboration in other areas such as petroleum refining and chemistry and liquefied gas production, and expanding their partnerships in other nations.
They affirmed the continuation of close and effective cooperation in defence – security, particularly in military technique. They were unanimous in reinforcing affiliation in other potential aspects like science – technology, education – training, culture, tourism, labour, and between localities, bringing those connections on par with the countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc thanked Russia’s central and local authorities for providing optimal conditions for Vietnamese people, adding that the Vietnamese community will continue actively contributing to the two nations’ friendship and cooperation.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev
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They said they believe that the Vietnamese PM’s official visit to Russia will create a new momentum for the two countries’ all-round cooperation. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered the invitation to visit Vietnam to Dmitry Medvedev, who accepted with pleasure.
The Russian PM spoke highly of the official visit to Russia by his Vietnamese counterpart and described it as a symbol of the two nations’ trust and comprehensive strategic partnership. He said Russia is willing to cooperate with Vietnam in various fields such as telecommunications, banking, automobile assembly, finance, machine manufacturing, shipbuilding, mineral mining and agriculture. The two countries have advantages to boost major investment projects, he said, suggesting the pair attach more importance to exchanging farm produce.
For his part, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly valued the long-standing and close-knit rapport between Vietnamese and Russian people. He noted that during the bilateral talks both sides discussed in the spirit of comprehensive strategic partnership and agreed to increase two-way trade – which is standing at 4 billion USD, via the exchange of goods that are of respective strengths. He said Vietnam has signed a number of trade agreements with countries and territories around the world.
With regard to recent complex developments in the East Sea, the two PMs agreed that all disputes in the East Sea must be settled through peaceful measures on the basis of international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. They called for full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) in the East Sea and early conclusion of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
After the talks, the two PMs witnessed the signing ceremony of cooperation agreements between the two countries’ economic groups operating in the fields of oil and gas, investment, and cadres training.
