RUSSIA: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang

Record ID: 863072

  • Title: RUSSIA: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang
  • Date: 26th July 2012
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JULY 26, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DMITRY MEDVEDEV AND VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT TRUONG TAN SANG STANDING TOGETHER AND SHAKING HANDS IN FRONT OF FLAGS PHOTOGRAPHERS PAN OF MEETING ROOM WITH VIETNAMESE AND RUSSIAN DELEGATIONS MEDVEDEV TALKING VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS TAKING NOTES MEDVEDEV TALKING TRUONG TALKING MEDVEDEV TALKING TRUONG LISTENING RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TAKING NOTES TRUONG AND VIETNAMESE DELEGATION AT TABLE RUSSIAN DELEGATION MEMBERS TRUONG LISTENING
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2012 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVABS1RBBY59O98HQQ1YJ09UURPF
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  • Story Text: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on Thursday (July 26) in Moscow, more than 10 months since their last meeting when Medvedev, as president, visited Vietnam.
    Both Truong and Medvedev stressed the importance of the Vietnamese-Russian relationship and said they hoped to continue positive cooperation in the future on economic, humanitarian and educational issues, according to the Russian news agency Itar-Tass.
    Russian television showed the two leaders enthusiastically shaking hands in front of their respective flags and smiling in their meeting with members of their delegations.
    Medvedev said that he had become convinced that bilateral relations had a solid foundation during his recent visits to Vietnam.
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