Staff of Vietnamese Embassy and overseas Vietnamese in Russia welcomed National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn at Vnukovo Airport, Moscow yesterday (local time). VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất

MOSCOW – National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow on Sunday afternoon (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Russia where he will co-chair the third session of the Việt Nam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

The NA Chairman and delegation were welcomed at the airport by First Vice Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Ivan Ivanovich Melnikov, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Đặng Minh Khôi, the Vietnamese Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia.

The visit, the first by Mẫn in his capacity as the NA Chairman and the first by a key Vietnamese leader this year, follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Việt Nam in June. It aims to concretise the Joint Statement on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership, on the basis of the 30-year achievements of implementing the Treaty on Principles of Friendly Relations between Việt Nam and Russia, helping to promote and strengthen the Việt Nam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership in general and the close ties between the Vietnamese NA, and the State Duma and the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russia in particular.

It also expects to realise cooperation agreements reached in the phone talks between Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and President Vladimir Putin on August 8.

Mẫn is scheduled to hold talks with Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin. The two leaders will also co-chair the third session of the Việt Nam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

The Vietnamese top legislator will also hold talks with Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina of the Russian Federation Ivanovna Matviyenko and sign a new cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese NA and the Federation Council.

His agenda includes meetings with high-ranking leaders of the Russian State and major political parties. He will also receive leaders from regions of Russia that have cooperation ties with Việt Nam, representatives from the Russia-Việt Nam Friendship Association, and veterans who fought in Việt Nam. –VNS