In a Joint Communiqué issued after the official visit of the Vietnamese PM to Russia, Viet Nam and Russia agreed that the lifting of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership level has created a strong driving force for the development of bilateral cooperation in the new historical period.
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PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Russian counterpartD. Medvedev
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The two Governments will work closely and ask ministries, departments and localities to comprehensively deepen cooperation in various areas.
The communiqué wrote that the two sides agree to increase political dialogues, further bolster the relations through party, State, Government and legislature channels as well as between ministries, departments and peoples of the two nations.
Leaders of the Vietnamese and Russian Governments agreed to take measures to boost two-way trade to US$7 billion by 2015 and US$10 billion by 2020.
The two sides will negotiate a comprehensive free trade agreement covering trade, investment, services and issues of mutual concern, based on flexible principles, development goals, the balance between demand and interest in line with common international practices and the World Trade Organization’s regulations.
They highly valued bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy and attached special importance to the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Viet Nam.
Viet Nam and Russia reached consensus on boosting collaboration in national defense and security in the spirit of agreements reached by the two countries’ leaders.
The two sides affirmed their determination to implement the high-level agreements reached by President Truong Tan Sang and President Vladimir Putin under a Joint Communiqué in July 2012 on accelerating the Viet Nam – Russia comprehensive strategic partnership in foreign policies as well as boosting coordination in international arena, contributing to peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia – Pacific region and the world.
During PM Dung’s visit, the two sides signed a tourism cooperation plan between the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Agency for Tourism of Russia and a cooperation program between the Vietnamese and Russian Ministries of Justice for the 2013-2014 period.
The two sides agreed that that PM Dung’s visit to Russia has make important contributions to advancing the Viet Nam–Russia comprehensive strategic partnership./.