The Russian president has been invited by the chief of the Vietnamese Communist Occasion, Nguyen Phu Trong. It’s the first time that Putin has visited Vietnam since 2017, when he attended an APEC summit.
Putin landed in Vietnam round 2 a.m. on Thursday native time following touring from North Korea, the place he met Kim Jong-un and signed a protection pact, amongst different issues.
The go to to Vietnam places an finish to this spherical of state visits for Putin.
Hailed Vietnam’s Ukraine rapprochement
On Wednesday, Putin praised Vietnam’s “balanced” stance on the Ukraine struggle in a column printed within the Nhan Dan newspaper, which is the newspaper of Vietnam’s Communist Occasion.
Vietnam, which formally pursues a impartial international coverage in relation to the world’s main powers, has kept away from condemning Russia’s warfare in opposition to Ukraine.
Putin additionally applauded the nation for making a number of advances in vitality and commerce. Vietnam is traditionally a significant importer of Russian weapons.
He additionally wrote that he needs to ascertain a middle for nuclear science and expertise in Vietnam, with the help of Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear vitality big.
Welcome ceremony Thursday
On Thursday, a welcoming ceremony for the Russian president will probably be held on the presidential palace in Hanoi, earlier than there will probably be talks with Trong later within the day. Putin may also meet the nation’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
He has a big delegation with him to Vietnam, consisting of a variety of Russian ministers and enterprise figures.
Earlier than he arrived, limousines have been introduced in that Putin will use all through the go to.
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2024-06-20 23:53:42
