General Secretary, President To Lam speaks on phone with President Putin

President Putin congratulated To upon his election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and recalled good memories he got during his recent visit to Viet Nam.

Putin thanked To for his warm hospitality and spoke highly of diverse and practical discussions with Vietnamese leaders during the visit.

Putin expressed his belief that, General Secretary, President To Lam will lead the Party, State and people of Viet Nam to continue to gain greater achievements in Party building work, national construction and development process.

General Secretary, President To extended sincere thanks to President Putin and Russian leaders for having sent letters of condolences and delegation to Viet Nam to attend the funeral of former Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, which was a strong and profound evidence of the height of the two countries' relationship and the special affection of President Putin and Russian leaders for late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and for the Party, State and people of Viet Nam.

To affirmed late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was an excellently distinguished leader with significant reputation of the Party, State and people of Viet Nam, who made tireless contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the Vietnamese nation, and to nurturing the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Viet Nam and Russia.

General Secretary, President To reassured at Viet Nam will continue pursuing the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, and multi-lateralization and diversification of external relations.

He also affirmed Viet Nam continues to attach importance to consolidating and developing its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, considering the relationship with Russia one of the top priorities in its foreign policy.

General Secretary, President To expressed his belief that the relations between the two countries will continue to grow, bringing practical benefits to both nations and contributing to peace and development in the region and the world.

The two leaders agreed that cooperation between Viet Nam and Russia has advanced well and achieved significant results in all areas, especially defense, security, energy, oil and gas, and trade.

The pair agreed on several major orientations that will guide the bilateral and multilateral cooperation frameworks to further enhance the Viet Nam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership more effectively and practically.

President Putin said he looks forward to welcoming General Secretary, President To Lam to Russia in the future./.