OREANDA-NEWS. July 23, 2008. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on July 23, on the margins of the ASEAN events in Singapore, held a brief working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Gia Khiem.

During the conversation, the sides exchanged views on a broad spectrum of issues of the bilateral agenda and on topical regional and international problems of mutual concern.

In the context of the summit- and high-level contacts slated for the current year Lavrov and Khiem reiterated the strong disposition to consistently expand many-sided cooperation between the two countries and to carry on an active political dialogue in the spirit of Russian-Vietnamese strategic partnership.