Party chief receives Russian diplomat

VGP – Việt Nam always attaches importance to concretizing the strategic partnership with the Russian Federation, stressed Secretary General of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nông Đức Mạnh.

December 30, 2009 7:00 PM GMT+7

Party leader Nông Đức Mạnh (R) welcomes Russian Ambassador to Việt Nam Andrey Kovtun, Hà Nội, December 30, 2009 – Photo: VGP

The Party leader made the statement on Wednesday at his welcome reception to Russian Ambassador to Việt Nam.

Mr. Mạnh expressed his pleasure at the fine development of the bilateral ties in all fields, particularly politics, national defense and security, education and training, science and technology, trade and economics.

He hoped that the Ambassador would actively do his utmost to translate the inked high-level agreements into specific actions.

Mr. Andrey Kovtun pledged to spare no effort in speeding up the strategic partnership between the two countries and conveyed President Dmitry Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin’s invitation to Party leader Mạnh to pay an official visit to the Russian Federation.

By Hải Minh