This content was published on July 06, 2022 – 08:05 July 06, 2022 – 08:05
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), 6 July (EFE).- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his Two days to visit this Wednesday praised the relationship between his country and Vietnam, a nation that has not criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has Hanoi.
Lavrov, who arrived in the Vietnamese capital the day before, met with his counterpart Bui Thanh Son at the Foreign Ministry today.
“Vietnam is an important partner of Russia in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations),” stressed the head of Moscow diplomacy before the bilateral meeting with the Vietnamese minister, as published by the news portal VnExpress.
Before the meeting in the morning, the Russian foreign minister went to the Heroes’ Monument, where the corpse of Ho Chi Minh – one of the national heroes – is embalmed to lay a wreath.
The visit, a stopover before attending the summit of G-20 foreign ministers, aims to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the “comprehensive strategic partnership” between the Hanoi and Moscow governments.
Both nations have maintained a historic alliance dating back to the days of the former Soviet Union and have bilateral trade worth $7,100 million.
Russia is Vietnam’s largest arms supplier and its companies are involved in several major energy projects in the Indochinese country.
In April, Vietnam voted against a resolution to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council following the February 24 conflict.
The Russian foreign minister will attend the meeting of foreign ministers of the G20 countries on the Indonesian island of Bali on Friday, where he will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and his American counterparts. Antony Blinken, among others. EFE
fr-nc/nbo/cg
� EFE 2022. The retransmission and redistribution of all or part of the content of the EFE Services is expressly prohibited without the prior and express consent of Agencia EFE SA