Vietnam, Russia step up security cooperation
(VOV) - A high-level military delegation led by Minister of Pubic Security Senior Lt. General Tran Dai Quang paid a working visit to Russia over October 30–November 3.
The visit was made at the invitation of Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) Director General Alexander Bortnikov.
The delegation held talks with General Alexander Bortnikov and met with General Nikolai Patrushev and Minister of Interior Affairs Lt. General Vladimir Kolokonsev.
Quang thanked the leaders of Russia’s security and interior ministries for their positive and effective assistance in personnel training and advancing the professional skills of the Vietnamese police force. He especially highlighted the valuable help received in combating high-tech and economic crime that has fostered the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russian legal agencies and their Vietnamese partners.
Minister Quang praised the close practical coordination between Russian security and interior agencies and Vietnamese police in implementing bilateral cooperation agreements; sharing information on experiences in combating organised, transnational, high-tech drug crime; and negotiating the complexities of criminal cases involving the two countries’ citizens.
He also applauded the tremendous achievements Russia has recorded in its process of national construction and development and the commendable, steadily development of the Vietnam-Russia strategic partnership.
Mechanisms for strategic dialogues on diplomacy, national security and defence as well as regular political consultations have operated efficiently, Quang added.
Security and interior Russian leaders informed the Vietnamese delegation about their agencies’ operations and the ongoing coordination with the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to fulfil active cooperation agreements.
The two sides praised the reliability and stability of their political relations and the successes of their economic, trade, and national security and defence cooperation. They agreed upon further measures designed to maintain productive relations between Russian agencies and the MPS.
During the visit, Minister Thanh and Minister Kolokonsev also signed a joint action program over the 2013–2015 period between the MPS and the Russian Ministry of Interior. Representatives inked additional documents on strengthening mutual understandings between the MPS and the Russian Security Council’s Office.
On November 3, the Vietnamese delegation left Moscow for Minsk to visit Belarus.