Chairwoman of Russia’s Federation Council (Upper House) Valentina Matvienko and the Acting Chairman of the Russian State Duma (Lower House) Ivan Ivanovich Melnikov said the visit will concrete and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

The two sides discussed the current situation of their countries and Vietnam-Russia relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual concerns.

The Party General Secretary and the two Russian leaders agreed that Vietnam-Russia relations in general as well as the relations between the two national assemblies in particular have developed through high-ranking visits of leaders from both sides.

The Vietnamese National Assembly has signed cooperation agreements with the Russian Federation Council and the Russian State Duma.

Such agreements have created an important legal foundation for the enhancement of bilateral cooperation and exchange of law-making experience, supervision, documents and information.

The Russian hosts stressed that though there are different political parties in the two houses, all parties in Russia support friendly and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam.

Sharing the Vietnamese leader’s opinion on the East Sea issue, the Russian legislators said that all Asia-Pacific disputes need to be solved by peaceful measures, based on international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The two sides agreed to realise cooperation agreements soon through action plans among parliamentary friendship groups, boost exchanges between high-ranking officials and committees, enhance supervision of the implementation of agreements signed between the two governments and support negotiations on the signing of a free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.

They also agreed to support each other in creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese in Russia and Russian in Vietnam and work closely together at the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF).-VNA

Party Secretary General receives KPRF Chairman

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee, Nguyen Phu Trong, hailed the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF)’s achievements in affirming its central role on the Russian political stage in recent years during a meeting with KPRF Chairman Gennady Ziuganov in Moscow on November 24.

The General Secretary congratulated KPRF on its election results in the local poll conducted in September. Furthermore, he expressed his gratitude for the Russian people and the Communist Party’s support for Vietnam during the processes of national defence and development.

On his part, Chairman Ziuganov spoke highly of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Russia, adding that the great achievements Vietnam made in the past 30 years showed socialism’s strength, making significant contributions to the communist's and international workers’ movements.

He highlighted that the KPRF continuously endorsed the Russian Government’s policies to promote solidarity, cooperation and the comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam for the sake of the two nations.

At the meeting, the two sides discussed a number of measures to boost the parties’ cooperation in future.

Trong also met members of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Russian Association of War Veterans with Vietnam Experiences in Moscow on November 24.

He told them Vietnam and Russia had nurtured their relationship for decades, standing the test of time, and the Vietnamese people would never forget the valuable assistance provided by their Russian friends in the past and at present.

Over the past six decades, the friendship and solidarity between the two peoples have come to form a centrepiece in the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, the leader said.

Trong said in full confidence that the two associations would uphold their roles as a bridge connecting the Vietnamese and Russian people, especially as the two countries gear up for the 65 th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2015.

Members of the two associations expressed their hope for a closer friendship and all-round cooperation between Vietnam and Russia. They also proposed a number of measures to make it easier for the Vietnamese community to integrate into and adapt to the host society.

On the same day, the Party chief laid a wreath at the memorial site at the Red Square, which is dedicated to unknown soldiers, and paid his respect to Vladimir I. Lenin at his mausoleum.

Russian, Vietnamese communists strengthen ties

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received a delegation from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) led by its Chairman Ghenady Ziuganov in Moscow on November 24 during his ongoing visit to Russia.

Trong spoke highly of KPRF’s recent achievements and its prestigious role in Russia’s political arena. He congratulated KPRF’s success in the local election in September and thanked valuable support from Russian communists and friends for Vietnam.

The Vietnamese party leader expressed his belief that with good guidelines and unity, KPRF will continue affirming its important role in Russia’s political-social life, as well as in international communist and workers' movements.

For his part, KPRF Chairman Ziuganov highlighted the significance of Trong’s official visit to Russia and expressed fine sentiments of Russian communists towards Vietnamese comrades and people.

He also praised Vietnam’s remarkable achievements over the past nearly three decades of the Doi Moi (Renewal) process led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). This has demonstrated the vitality of socialism and is a precious contribution, both practical and theoretical, of Vietnam to the international communist and workers’ movements, and a great source of encouragement for the KPRF, and revolutionary and progressive forces in the world, he underscored.

The Chairman voiced KPRF’s support for Russian President and Government’s policy on fostering cooperative relations with Vietnam, saying that KPRF will continue boosting the Russia-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership for mutual benefits, as well as for peace, stability, and cooperation in the two regions and the world.

During the reception, both sides worked out a number of specific measures to beef up ties between the two communist parties in the future.

VNA/VNN