Moscow (VNA) – Vietnamese NationalAssembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan left Kazan city in the Republic ofTatarstan for Moscow on December 9 (local time), continuing her official visitto Russia.

The top legislator and her entouragewere welcomed at Vnukovo International Airport by Deputy Speaker of theFederation Council Korelova Galina Nikolaevna and officials from the office ofthe Russian council, among others.

After arriving in Moscow, Ngan met withrepresentatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia.

Ngan said her first official visit toRussia in her capacity as NA Chairwoman is part of the activities markingVietnam Year in Russia and Russia Year in Vietnam in 2019 and 2020.

It is also expected to promote thelong-standing friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between thetwo countries, as well as cooperation between their legislative bodies.

During the visit, the Vietnameselegislature and Russia’s State Duma will hold the first meeting of theVietnam-Russia high-level inter-parliamentary committee – the highestcooperation mechanism of the Vietnamese NA, aiming to create conditions for thetwo sides to work together in supervising and accelerating the implementationof cooperation agreements between the two countries, she said.

The leader stressed that communityaffairs have remained an important issue debated at high-level meetings betweenVietnamese and Russian leaders, and described Vietnamese in Russia as envoys whocontribute to connecting people of the two countries and enhancing thetraditional relationship.

Regarding the East Sea issue, Nganaffirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State will resolutely protect thecountry’s seas and islands, and resolve disputes and differences at sea bypeaceful measures in line with international law, including the 1982 UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

She said Vietnam always attachesimportance to its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, consideringthis one of the top priorities in the country’s foreign policy

The Vietnamese Party and Statefacilitate the settlement and integration of Vietnamese in host countries, sheadded.

The Chairperson of the VietnameseAssociation in Russia proposed signing more bilateral agreements and deepeningeconomic, trade and investment ties between the two countries, in order to helpconsolidate the legal status of Vietnamese people and protect the legal rightsand interests of Vietnamese investors in Russia.

Representatives of the community alsosuggested the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs continue to organisesummer camps for overseas Vietnamese youths.

Ngan promised to convey such proposalsto competent Vietnamese agencies when she returns home./.