Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Meets with Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee

PRESS RELEASE

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov met on July 8 with Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who arrived in Russia on an official visit.

Lavrov and Manh expressed satisfaction with the dynamic evolution of the Russian-Vietnamese strategic partnership at this stage, reiterated the mutual disposition to continue to steadily build it up and exchanged views on key issues in bilateral relations and on the international agenda in the context of the contacts scheduled between the leaderships of Russia and Vietnam until the end of the year.

July 9, 2010