STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . .Russia-Vietnam relations develop to new plane The recent visit to Vietnam by Russian President Vladimir Putin raised Russian-Vietnam relations to a new plane, wrote Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrei Alexeevich Tatarinov. In an article written for Nhan Dan newspaper on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation (June 12), the Russian Ambassador affirmed that documents signed during the Vietnam visit, particularly the Hanoi Declaration of Strategic Co-operation, gave impetus to the development of wide-ranging bilateral co-operation between the two countries. Ambassador Tatarinov stressed that an important point in Russia's foreign policy on Asia is to develop friendly relations with important countries in the region including Vietnam. Russia acknowledged the high dynamism in coordination between Russia and Vietnam in many aspects including oil and gas, electric energy, and military and technical co-operation, he said. "The effective operation of the Vietnam-Russia petroleum joint venture enterprise, Vietsovpetro, is making an important contribution to solving Vietnam's socio-economic matter; and is one of the biggest foreign invested projects in Vietnam," the Ambassador wrote. He went on: "Russia-Vietnam trade has seen increases in quantity over recent months, and Vietnam's investment in Russia has also been going up." Referring to other ties, he wrote: "Regular exchanges of visits between national assemblies of Russia and Vietnam have been arranged with the first Vietnam visit being made last April by a delegation of the Federal Council of the Russian Upper House. "Co-operation between Russian regions and Vietnamese provinces have strongly developed. "Bilateral agreements - legal basis of Russia-Vietnam co-operation - are being completed and expanded. The two sides are preparing a series of agreements including those on co-operation in education, training, labour, and hydro-meteorology. "The two countries' scientific, educational, health care, cultural and sports co-operation have been promoted. "The recent organisation and success of 'Moscow Days in Hanoi' constituted a fine example of the friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples." The Russian Ambassador stressed that talks between Moscow and Hanoi leaders as well as between businessmen of the two countries would accelerate the expansion of their coordination in various fields. "Russia and Vietnam have constantly coordinated their activities in the international arena. An important step in the bilateral coordination is the official visit to Moscow early this month by Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, during which the two sides affirmed their similar views on basic international issues. Russia highly valued Vietnam's role as Chairman of the ASEAN's Standing Committee and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) thus considerably contributing to strengthening security, stability and co-operation in the region, and development of relations between ASEAN and its partners, including Russia," Mr Tatarinov concluded. **** ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
