Leaders congratulate 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties
VNA: President Tran Duc Luong and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai exchanged messages of congratulations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Premier Mikhail Fradkov.
In their messages, the Vietnamese leaders wrote: "Vietnam and the Russian Federation (the former Soviet Union) officially established their diplomatic ties on January 30, 1950, creating a foundation for the traditionally friendly and co-operative relations between the two countries for the last half of century.
"Over the past 55 years, the Vietnamese and Russian people have mutually fostered and developed the traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation between the two countries.
"A joint communique on the strategic partnership relations, which was signed during the visit to Vietnam by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2001, affirmed the Vietnamese and Russian people's desire and aspiration to advance the close co-operative tradition into the next stage of development.
"In the context of the ever-changing international situation, Vietnam and the Russian Federation have continually exerted great efforts to strengthen and boost the political ties and effective economic and commercial co-operation.
In the past five years, two-way trade value between the two countries has increased and co-operation has been accelerated in various fields, including energy, oil and gas, investment, national defence, culture and education and industrial processing. Relations between the two countries' ministries and localities have been directly strengthened, creating a new momentum for the Vietnam-Russia economic and commercial co-operation."
Also on this occasion, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien and his Russian counterpart S. Lavrov also exchanged messages of greetings./.
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