(Hanoi Comprehensive Television) During the visit to Vietnam, Russian President Putin, the two countries agreed to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership.Putin hopes to cooperate with Vietnam in the field of energy and security, and Vietnam also hopes to strengthen defense cooperation with Russia.
Putin arrived in Hanoi on Thursday (June 20) to conduct state visits to Vietnam.Vietnam President Su Lin welcomed Putin to visit Putin with the highest specifications in the Presidency.The two held talks later.
Su Lin was asked about the results of the talks at a subsequent joint press conference held that the two sides passed a joint statement on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Su Lin and Putin have also witnessed the signing and exchanging 11 agreements and memorandums of representatives of the two countries, covering the fields of oil and natural gas, nuclear science and education.
Putin said at a press conference that strengthening the strategic relationship is one of his priorities.The two countries discussed "based on the principle of not being resorted to force and solving differences in peace, and established a safe structure that needs and reliable in the Asia -Pacific region."
Putin attaches great importance to dialogue with Asianan
Putin also said that Russia attaches great importance to the dialogue with Asians, and Vietnam is the main member of this regional organization, which has played a positive role.
In terms of energy, Putin said that Russia will improve the efficiency of cooperation in the energy and gas field projects and create favorable conditions for the work of the two countries.
According to the Russian News Agency, Putin later met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Fan Mingzheng that Russia was preparing to supply LNG for a long time to Vietnam.Putin also invited senior officials such as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party of China to visit Russia.
Vietnam is the second stop of Putin's trip to Asia.During his visit to Pyongyang on Wednesday (19th), he signed a common defense agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong -un, and Kim Jong -un also showed full support for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Vietnam expressed his willingness to strengthen defense cooperation but did not explicitly support the Russia and Ukraine War
Putin did not get such a clear public support statement in Hanoi, but Su Lin stated that he hopes to strengthen defense cooperation with Russia.
Su Lin said at a joint press conference: "The two sides want to promote defense security cooperation, and how to respond to non -traditional security challenges on the basis of international law to promote the peace and security of regions and the world."
The two countries said in a joint statement that the two countries' defense security cooperation does not target any third country, which is conducive to regional peace, stability and sustainable development.
Russia has always been the main weapon supply country of Vietnam. From 1995 to 2023, Russian weapons accounted for more than 80 % of Vietnamese weapons imports.It's right.
The United States and Europe criticize Vietnam to receive Putin
Vietnam's reception of Putin was criticized by major partners in the United States and the European Union.The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi issued a statement earlier this week that no country should provide a platform for Putin to promote the Russian and Ukraine War.
A spokesman for the European Union in Vietnam said that Hanoi had the right to formulate its own foreign policy, but the Russian and Ukraine War proved that Moscow did not respect international law.
Murray Hiebert, a senior researcher at the Southeast Asian project of Washington Strategy and International Research Center, said that although the United States and its allies expressed concern about Putin's visit to VietnamIt will cause major consequences.One of the reasons is that Washington highly depends on a good relationship with Vietnam to compete with China's competition in the region.
