Vietnamese NA Chairman begins official visit to Russia
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow on September 8 afternoon (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Russia where he will co-chair the third session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man is welcomed at the Vnukovo International Airport. (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Vnu🎶kovo International Airport in Moscow on September 8 afternoon (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Russia where he will co-chair the third session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
The NA Chairman and delegation were welcomed at the airport by First Vice Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Ivan Ivanovich Melnikov, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi, the Vietnamese Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia.
The visit, the first by Man in his capacity as the NA Chairman and the first by a key Vietnamese leader this year, follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vietnam in June. It aims to concretise the Joint Statement on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership, on the basis of the 30-year achievements of implementing the Treaty on Principles of Friendly Relations between Vietnam and Russia, helping to promote and strengthen the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership in general and the close ties between the Vietnamese NA, and the State Duma and the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russia in particular.
It also expects to realise cooperation agreements reached in the phone talks between Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and President Vladimir Putin on August 8.
Man is scheduled to hold talks with Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin. The two leaders will also co-chair the third session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
The Vietnamese top legislator will also hold talks with Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina of the Russian Federation Ivanovna Matviyenko and sign a new cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese NA and the Federation Council.
His agenda includes meetings with high-ranking leaders of the Russian State and major political parties. He will also receive leaders from regions of Russia that have cooperation ties with Vietnam, representatives from the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association, and veterans who fought in Vietnam./.
The official visit to Russia by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, which will see the top legislator co-chairing the third session of the Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, is expected to create new momentum for bilateral trade – a highlight in the two nations’ relationship since they established diplomatic ties in 1950.
The visit will help enhance exchanges and interactions between committees and parliamentary friendship groups of the two countries, as well as coordinate actions at international and regional inter-parliamentary forums.
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