🇷🇺🇻🇳 On April 15-16, Director of the Department for Liaisons with the Constituent Entities of the Federation, the Parliament and Public Associations of the Russian Foreign Ministry Igor Kapyrin held consultations in Hanoi with Director of the Department of External Affairs and Cultural Diplomacy of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Le Thi Hong Van on coordinating interregional ties and the foreign economic links of Russian and Vietnamese regions.

A separate meeting was also held with Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam Le Thi Thu Hang.

The Sides exchanged views on the development of interregional and intermunicipal cooperation. They noted the intensive and productive engagement between the constituent entities of Russia and the regions of Vietnam, which makes a significant contribution to strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, offers broad prospects, and provides a solid foundation for people-to-people contacts and the expansion of socio-economic ties.

The Parties agreed to update the legal framework for interregional cooperation in light of the administrative-territorial reform recently carried out in Vietnam.

The consultations also addressed Vietnam’s initiative to establish a bilateral interregional forum that could give an additional boost to ties between the peoples of Russia and Vietnam.

🤝 Both Sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to continuing the dialogue and further strengthening coordination between their national approaches in this area.

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