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✍️ Article by the Russian Ambassador to Singapore Nikolay Kudashev, "#RussiaASEAN Cooperation: Navigating Challenges and Building a Strategic Partnership in a Multipolar World"
Key points:
🔸 Russia values cooperation with ASEAN on its own merits and is a strong proponent of ASEAN centrality. For many decades ASEAN has been developing in accordance with its principles, with the primary one being the need to seek consensus, a balance of interests.
🔸 Russia promotes strengthening, not diluting ASEAN centrality and the need for all other countries in this region and non-regional players that cooperate with ASEAN to respect the principles these relations were built on. The West shows no such respect, and is not eager to abide by fundamental principle of a sovereign equality of states.
🔸 There is clear evidence that American laboratories in Ukraine, Georgia and Central Asia conduct research with extremely dangerous pathogens and also do some tests on local population.
🔸 Russia reaffirmed its readiness to expand and deepen programmes to train personnel for the relevant agencies of ASEAN countries by the Russian Interior Ministry and Federal Security Service.
🔸 Russia sees cooperation with ASEAN as a part of its concept of the Greater Eurasian Partnership that was formulated by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at Russia-ASEAN summit in 2016.
🔸 Russia is open to promote further cooperation with ASEAN in multiple formats. ASEAN Member States can rely on our goodwill.
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Key points:
🔸 Russia values cooperation with ASEAN on its own merits and is a strong proponent of ASEAN centrality. For many decades ASEAN has been developing in accordance with its principles, with the primary one being the need to seek consensus, a balance of interests.
🔸 Russia promotes strengthening, not diluting ASEAN centrality and the need for all other countries in this region and non-regional players that cooperate with ASEAN to respect the principles these relations were built on. The West shows no such respect, and is not eager to abide by fundamental principle of a sovereign equality of states.
🔸 There is clear evidence that American laboratories in Ukraine, Georgia and Central Asia conduct research with extremely dangerous pathogens and also do some tests on local population.
🔸 Russia reaffirmed its readiness to expand and deepen programmes to train personnel for the relevant agencies of ASEAN countries by the Russian Interior Ministry and Federal Security Service.
🔸 Russia sees cooperation with ASEAN as a part of its concept of the Greater Eurasian Partnership that was formulated by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at Russia-ASEAN summit in 2016.
🔸 Russia is open to promote further cooperation with ASEAN in multiple formats. ASEAN Member States can rely on our goodwill.
Read in full
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🗓 Every year on August 8, the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mark ASEAN Day. This date was approved by the ASEAN Standing Committee at its annual meeting in May 2005.
🌏 ASEAN was founded in Bangkok on August 8, 1967, by Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines, which signed the so-called Bangkok Declaration. Later, this regional organisation was joined by Brunei (1984), Vietnam (1995), Laos and Myanmar (1997), and Cambodia (1999).
ASEAN is one of the most successful regional organisations. It has a broad network of various intergovernmental associations involving Russia and other leading world powers: the East Asia Summit (#EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF), and ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (#ADMMPlus).
☝️ Promoting ties with ASEAN is Russia’s key foreign policy priority in Asia. The Russian Permanent Mission to ASEAN has been based in Jakarta since 2017. In 2018, Russia-ASEAN relations reached the level of strategic partnership, resulting in closer coordination on current global and regional issues with the ten member countries at leading multilateral venues, including the UN.
🤝 On July 12-14, 2023, Sergey Lavrov attended foreign ministers’ meetings in Jakarta, held in the Russia-ASEAN, EAS, and ARF formats.
💬 President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-ASEAN Summit (October 28, 2021): "Strengthening ties with ASEAN and its member states has always been and remains one of Russia's foreign policy priorities. <...> I would like to point out that the positions of Russia and the ASEAN states on key global and regional matters are similar in many respects. Most importantly, we all support the expansion of equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in the vast Asia-Pacific space."
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🌏 ASEAN was founded in Bangkok on August 8, 1967, by Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines, which signed the so-called Bangkok Declaration. Later, this regional organisation was joined by Brunei (1984), Vietnam (1995), Laos and Myanmar (1997), and Cambodia (1999).
ASEAN is one of the most successful regional organisations. It has a broad network of various intergovernmental associations involving Russia and other leading world powers: the East Asia Summit (#EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF), and ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (#ADMMPlus).
☝️ Promoting ties with ASEAN is Russia’s key foreign policy priority in Asia. The Russian Permanent Mission to ASEAN has been based in Jakarta since 2017. In 2018, Russia-ASEAN relations reached the level of strategic partnership, resulting in closer coordination on current global and regional issues with the ten member countries at leading multilateral venues, including the UN.
🤝 On July 12-14, 2023, Sergey Lavrov attended foreign ministers’ meetings in Jakarta, held in the Russia-ASEAN, EAS, and ARF formats.
💬 President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-ASEAN Summit (October 28, 2021): "Strengthening ties with ASEAN and its member states has always been and remains one of Russia's foreign policy priorities. <...> I would like to point out that the positions of Russia and the ASEAN states on key global and regional matters are similar in many respects. Most importantly, we all support the expansion of equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in the vast Asia-Pacific space."
#RussiaASEAN
🗓 On October 9-10, the 5th Meeting of Network of ASEAN-Russia Think Tanks (#NARTT) was hosted by Russian MGIMO University 🇷🇺 in Moscow.
🔹️This year the meeting was devoted to the 5th Anniversary of the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership. The discussion was focused on 4 spheres of our cooperation: digital economy, political and security dimension, energy cooperation and ties between sister-cities of Russia and ASEAN.
🔹️A number of prominent experts from #ASEAN Member States and Russia took part in the event. Ambassador of the Russian Federation to ASEAN H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov addressed the meeting with his welcoming remarks.
🔹️Recommendations of the NARTT will be reported to ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting.
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🔹️This year the meeting was devoted to the 5th Anniversary of the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership. The discussion was focused on 4 spheres of our cooperation: digital economy, political and security dimension, energy cooperation and ties between sister-cities of Russia and ASEAN.
🔹️A number of prominent experts from #ASEAN Member States and Russia took part in the event. Ambassador of the Russian Federation to ASEAN H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov addressed the meeting with his welcoming remarks.
🔹️Recommendations of the NARTT will be reported to ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting.
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🗓 On January 24, the 🇷🇺delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation took part in the 14th 🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇲🇲🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳ASEAN-🇷🇺Russia Tourism Consultation Meeting in 🇱🇦Vientiane, Lao PDR .
🔹️Participants outlined priority areas for the further development of ASEAN-🇷🇺Russia tourism cooperation and discussed activities under the relevant ASEAN-🇷🇺Russia Work Plan 2022-2024.
🔹️The delegates supported a number of joint projects on tourism initiated by 🇷🇺Russia, 🇸🇬Singapore and 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam.
🔹️The 🇷🇺Russian initiative aimed at expanding business contacts between 🇷🇺Russia and 🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇲🇲🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳ASEAN tourism enterprises through 🇷🇺Russian language training and experience exchange is to be implemented soon.
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🔹️Participants outlined priority areas for the further development of ASEAN-🇷🇺Russia tourism cooperation and discussed activities under the relevant ASEAN-🇷🇺Russia Work Plan 2022-2024.
🔹️The delegates supported a number of joint projects on tourism initiated by 🇷🇺Russia, 🇸🇬Singapore and 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam.
🔹️The 🇷🇺Russian initiative aimed at expanding business contacts between 🇷🇺Russia and 🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇲🇲🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳ASEAN tourism enterprises through 🇷🇺Russian language training and experience exchange is to be implemented soon.
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🗓 On February 21, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 during his visit to Myanmar 🇲🇲 held consultations on the prospects of the #ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership, as well as bilateral interaction between Moscow and Naypyidaw in a number of areas.
🔹He was received by Prime Minister of Myanmar H.E. Mr. Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Than Swe and held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Lwin Oo.
🔹The sides had a detailed exchange of views on further development of #ASEANRussia relations, including in light of the Myanmar's future role as the new country-coordinator of the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership.
🔹The parties also confirmed the coincidence of the two countries' approaches on topical global and regional issues, mutual focus on further efforts to coordinate at multilateral and regional platforms in order to consolidate the foundations of multipolarity and strengthen the positions of the countries of the global South.
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🔹He was received by Prime Minister of Myanmar H.E. Mr. Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Than Swe and held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Lwin Oo.
🔹The sides had a detailed exchange of views on further development of #ASEANRussia relations, including in light of the Myanmar's future role as the new country-coordinator of the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership.
🔹The parties also confirmed the coincidence of the two countries' approaches on topical global and regional issues, mutual focus on further efforts to coordinate at multilateral and regional platforms in order to consolidate the foundations of multipolarity and strengthen the positions of the countries of the global South.
#RussiaASEAN
The Russia-ASEAN Youth Diplomatic Summit was held on the platform of the World Youth Festival from March 1 to 7, 2024 in Sochi on the federal territory of "Sirius".
The Summit took place on March 2, 2024 in the framework of the VII Global Forum of Young Diplomats. The event was attended by young diplomats from Southeast Asian countries. The organizers of the forum do not hide their hopes that these young diplomats in the future will form "a positive experience of interaction with Russian colleagues".
Nonito Cabrera, vice-consul of the Philippine Embassy in Russia, said in Sochi:
"Russian is a very important language. The Philippines supports ASEAN platforms that will allow Russian language learning. I am sure that this will open up opportunities and allow us to make new friends." The Russian language cabinet has been functioning in Manila since 2013.
In his Address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin also separately noted that "Russia-ASEAN dialog is developing positively."
The summit participants expressed their desire to continue maintaining contacts, sharing experience and helping to build a world order based on equality.
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The Summit took place on March 2, 2024 in the framework of the VII Global Forum of Young Diplomats. The event was attended by young diplomats from Southeast Asian countries. The organizers of the forum do not hide their hopes that these young diplomats in the future will form "a positive experience of interaction with Russian colleagues".
Nonito Cabrera, vice-consul of the Philippine Embassy in Russia, said in Sochi:
"Russian is a very important language. The Philippines supports ASEAN platforms that will allow Russian language learning. I am sure that this will open up opportunities and allow us to make new friends." The Russian language cabinet has been functioning in Manila since 2013.
In his Address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin also separately noted that "Russia-ASEAN dialog is developing positively."
The summit participants expressed their desire to continue maintaining contacts, sharing experience and helping to build a world order based on equality.
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#RussiaASEAN
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🗓 On April 3, the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime was held online under the Co-Chairmanship of the Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and Russia 🇷🇺.
🔹️This mechanism provides the opportunity for ASEAN and Russia to discuss ways and means of combatting terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, which is of particular importance in the current conditions when international security faces multiple threats.
❗️ ASEAN partners strongly condemned the bloody terrorist attack on March 22 at Crocus City Hall, expressing their solidarity with the Russian side.
🔹️ The meeting participants confirmed their readiness to work together to eradicate the root causes of terrorism and suppress its financing.
🤝 Experts from ASEAN and Russia exchanged views on regional and global threats to anti-terrorism security and confirmed readiness to build up relevant ASEAN-Russia cooperation as well as outlined further practical steps in this field.
🔹️ASEAN and Russia agreed to hold the next meeting of the Joint Working Group in Malaysia 🇲🇾 in 2025.
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
🔹️This mechanism provides the opportunity for ASEAN and Russia to discuss ways and means of combatting terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, which is of particular importance in the current conditions when international security faces multiple threats.
❗️ ASEAN partners strongly condemned the bloody terrorist attack on March 22 at Crocus City Hall, expressing their solidarity with the Russian side.
🔹️ The meeting participants confirmed their readiness to work together to eradicate the root causes of terrorism and suppress its financing.
🤝 Experts from ASEAN and Russia exchanged views on regional and global threats to anti-terrorism security and confirmed readiness to build up relevant ASEAN-Russia cooperation as well as outlined further practical steps in this field.
🔹️ASEAN and Russia agreed to hold the next meeting of the Joint Working Group in Malaysia 🇲🇾 in 2025.
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
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🗓 On April 24, the 4th ASEAN-Russia Consultations of the High Representatives for Security Issues were successfully held in Saint Petersburg on the sidelines of the 12th International Meeting of High-Ranking Officials Responsible for Security Matters.
🔹️ The meeting was co-chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev 🇷🇺 and Deputy Director General of the General Department of Research and Intelligence, Ministry of National Defence of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Major General Duong Uddam 🇰🇭.
🔹️ High-ranking officials from ASEAN Member States and ASEAN Secretariat attended the meeting. Participants exchanged views on regional security in Asia-Pacific, discussed issues related to the system of strategic stability and arms control.
🔹️ During the meeting Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev 🇷🇺 reaffirmed Russia's commitment to ASEAN centrality in the region and its will to further deepen cooperation with #ASEAN in all dimensions including security.
🔹️This unique ASEAN-Russia platform proved to be an important venue for professional and open dialogue on issues related to regional and global security as well as developing multilateral interaction in combating common challenges and threats.
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🔹️ The meeting was co-chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev 🇷🇺 and Deputy Director General of the General Department of Research and Intelligence, Ministry of National Defence of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Major General Duong Uddam 🇰🇭.
🔹️ High-ranking officials from ASEAN Member States and ASEAN Secretariat attended the meeting. Participants exchanged views on regional security in Asia-Pacific, discussed issues related to the system of strategic stability and arms control.
🔹️ During the meeting Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev 🇷🇺 reaffirmed Russia's commitment to ASEAN centrality in the region and its will to further deepen cooperation with #ASEAN in all dimensions including security.
🔹️This unique ASEAN-Russia platform proved to be an important venue for professional and open dialogue on issues related to regional and global security as well as developing multilateral interaction in combating common challenges and threats.
#ASEANRussia #RussiaASEAN
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🗓On April 26, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 hosted the 20th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (#ARSOM).
🔹️The meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak 🇰🇭.
🔹 Participants discussed ways and means of further promoting the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership in political, economic and humanitarian spheres. They agreed to undertake steps to deepen practical cooperation in such areas as science and technology, energy security, education, people-to-people ties and digitalization.
🔹The meeting reiterated shared intention to jointly address challenges and threats, strengthen ASEAN-led regional security architecture in Asia-Pacific. Issues of promoting cross-platform links between #ASEAN, #EEU and #SCO were also on the agenda.
🔹️On the sidelines of the ARSOM H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko held bilateral consultations with the heads of delegations of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and Vietnam 🇻🇳.
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🔹️The meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak 🇰🇭.
🔹 Participants discussed ways and means of further promoting the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership in political, economic and humanitarian spheres. They agreed to undertake steps to deepen practical cooperation in such areas as science and technology, energy security, education, people-to-people ties and digitalization.
🔹The meeting reiterated shared intention to jointly address challenges and threats, strengthen ASEAN-led regional security architecture in Asia-Pacific. Issues of promoting cross-platform links between #ASEAN, #EEU and #SCO were also on the agenda.
🔹️On the sidelines of the ARSOM H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko held bilateral consultations with the heads of delegations of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and Vietnam 🇻🇳.
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🗓On April 26, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 hosted the 20th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (#ARSOM).
🔹️The meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak 🇰🇭.
🔹 Participants discussed ways and means of further promoting the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership in political, economic and humanitarian spheres. They agreed to undertake steps to deepen practical cooperation in such areas as science and technology, energy security, education, people-to-people ties and digitalization.
🔹The meeting reiterated shared intention to jointly address challenges and threats, strengthen ASEAN-led regional security architecture in Asia-Pacific. Issues of promoting cross-platform links between #ASEAN, #EEU and #SCO were also on the agenda.
🔹️On the sidelines of the ARSOM H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko held bilateral consultations with the heads of delegations of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and Vietnam 🇻🇳.
#ASEANRussia #RussiaASEAN #ARSOM
🔹️The meeting was co-chaired by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko 🇷🇺 and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak 🇰🇭.
🔹 Participants discussed ways and means of further promoting the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership in political, economic and humanitarian spheres. They agreed to undertake steps to deepen practical cooperation in such areas as science and technology, energy security, education, people-to-people ties and digitalization.
🔹The meeting reiterated shared intention to jointly address challenges and threats, strengthen ASEAN-led regional security architecture in Asia-Pacific. Issues of promoting cross-platform links between #ASEAN, #EEU and #SCO were also on the agenda.
🔹️On the sidelines of the ARSOM H.E. Mr. Andrey Rudenko held bilateral consultations with the heads of delegations of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Lao PDR 🇱🇦 and Vietnam 🇻🇳.
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🇷🇺🇻🇳 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of Vietnam To Lam made statements to the media (June 20, 2024)
💬 Vladimir Putin: Russia places great emphasis on further strengthening the Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive, long-standing and friendly relations, our strategic partnership. Our ties continue to expand and progress in the spirit of equality, mutual respect and consideration of each other’s interests. Our countries are linked by a strong bond of shared history. Next year will mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Vietnam. <...>
Today, Comrade President and I have adopted a statement that supports the principles of the Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive strategic partnership and announces new guidelines for our joint work in the future.
☝️ I would like to mention the tangible benefits our friends have derived from the Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union. Enacted in 2016, it has since then vastly promoted growth in Russian-Vietnamese trade through favourable conditions for access of goods and services to each other’s markets, also fostering investment, technology exchange and innovation.
Equally important is that our countries are consistently pursuing the transition to settlements in national currencies and striving to create sustainable channels of cooperation in lending activities and banking.
⚛️ A strategic point of our bilateral cooperation is the energy sector. <...> Russia and Vietnam have excellent opportunities for cooperation in renewable energy. <...> Another promising area for expanding bilateral cooperation is nuclear energy.
We consider our cooperation on the Vladivostok – Ho Chi Minh City maritime transport corridor, a large-scale infrastructure project, to be highly promising. Since its opening in 2022, this corridor has facilitated regular cargo shipments with container ships operating on a weekly basis.
Currently, more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from Vietnam are studying in Russian universities.
🤝 Russia's and Vietnam's respective stances on these issues are largely in accord or closely aligned. Our countries remain committed to the principles of the rule of international law, sovereignty, and non-interference in countries' domestic affairs. They coordinate their efforts on key international platforms, including the UN, as well as within the #RussiaASEAN dialogue and at summits in East Asia.
During our discussion on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, we expressed mutual interest in building a strong and reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region based on the principles of the non-use of force and peaceful settlement of disputes, with no room for closed military-political blocs.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Russia places great emphasis on further strengthening the Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive, long-standing and friendly relations, our strategic partnership. Our ties continue to expand and progress in the spirit of equality, mutual respect and consideration of each other’s interests. Our countries are linked by a strong bond of shared history. Next year will mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Vietnam. <...>
Today, Comrade President and I have adopted a statement that supports the principles of the Russian-Vietnamese comprehensive strategic partnership and announces new guidelines for our joint work in the future.
☝️ I would like to mention the tangible benefits our friends have derived from the Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union. Enacted in 2016, it has since then vastly promoted growth in Russian-Vietnamese trade through favourable conditions for access of goods and services to each other’s markets, also fostering investment, technology exchange and innovation.
Equally important is that our countries are consistently pursuing the transition to settlements in national currencies and striving to create sustainable channels of cooperation in lending activities and banking.
⚛️ A strategic point of our bilateral cooperation is the energy sector. <...> Russia and Vietnam have excellent opportunities for cooperation in renewable energy. <...> Another promising area for expanding bilateral cooperation is nuclear energy.
We consider our cooperation on the Vladivostok – Ho Chi Minh City maritime transport corridor, a large-scale infrastructure project, to be highly promising. Since its opening in 2022, this corridor has facilitated regular cargo shipments with container ships operating on a weekly basis.
Currently, more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from Vietnam are studying in Russian universities.
🤝 Russia's and Vietnam's respective stances on these issues are largely in accord or closely aligned. Our countries remain committed to the principles of the rule of international law, sovereignty, and non-interference in countries' domestic affairs. They coordinate their efforts on key international platforms, including the UN, as well as within the #RussiaASEAN dialogue and at summits in East Asia.
During our discussion on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, we expressed mutual interest in building a strong and reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region based on the principles of the non-use of force and peaceful settlement of disputes, with no room for closed military-political blocs.
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🗓 On June 28, Russian delegation headed by the Deputy Director of the Department of New Challenges and Threats of the MFA Vladimir Salov 🇷🇺 took part in the 16th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting on Transnational Crime (#SOMTC + Russia Consultation) in Vientiane, Lao PDR 🇱🇦.
🤝 Experts from ASEAN and Russia exchanged views on regional and global security and confirmed readiness to build up relevant ASEAN-Russia cooperation as well as outlined further practical steps in the field of combatting transnational crime.
🔹️ On the sidelines of the event Russian delegation held bilateral consultations with Cambodia 🇰🇭 and Laos 🇱🇦.
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
🤝 Experts from ASEAN and Russia exchanged views on regional and global security and confirmed readiness to build up relevant ASEAN-Russia cooperation as well as outlined further practical steps in the field of combatting transnational crime.
🔹️ On the sidelines of the event Russian delegation held bilateral consultations with Cambodia 🇰🇭 and Laos 🇱🇦.
#RussiaASEAN #ASEANRussia
🇷🇺🛬 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Vientiane to take part in regular ministerial meetings related to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN).
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🗓 On July 26 and 27, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend annual ministerial events held by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN) in Vientiane. He will take part in foreign ministers’ meetings in the Russia-ASEAN format, as well as within the East Asia Summit (#EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF).
🌏 ASEAN is currently one of the most successful regional organisations which forms the core of the integration processes in the Asia-Pacific Region. The association has created a solid network of interstate institutions involving the leading world powers.
This year, Russia marks 20 years of joining the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (the Bali Treaty). Signed in 1976, it is one of the fundamental documents for ASEAN in terms of ensuring regional peace and stability.
❗️ Russia views ASEAN as one of the key partners in the context of carrying out the initiative to build a Eurasian security architecture as set forth by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The agenda of the July 26 #RussiaASEAN ministerial meeting covers cooperation matters in all their aspects, including politics, trade and economics.
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📈 In 2023, Russia’s trade with ASEAN countries increased by 14.6 percent to almost $22 billion.
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Russia has coined a range of #EAS initiatives. They include creating a mechanism of pan-regional cooperation on countering epidemics and restoring economic potential by stimulating tourism.
We consider the #ARF as one of the key platforms for discussing topical issues of the regional agenda, developing measures of mutual trust and preventive diplomacy, and boosting non-politicised practical cooperation in security.
During the forum’s 31st session on July 27, we will thoroughly discuss countering new threats and challenges. We will summarise the results of #RussiaIndonesia co-chairmanship in the Russia-ASEAN Forum on the Safe Use of Information and Communication Technologies in 2022-2024.
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🌏 ASEAN is currently one of the most successful regional organisations which forms the core of the integration processes in the Asia-Pacific Region. The association has created a solid network of interstate institutions involving the leading world powers.
This year, Russia marks 20 years of joining the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (the Bali Treaty). Signed in 1976, it is one of the fundamental documents for ASEAN in terms of ensuring regional peace and stability.
❗️ Russia views ASEAN as one of the key partners in the context of carrying out the initiative to build a Eurasian security architecture as set forth by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The agenda of the July 26 #RussiaASEAN ministerial meeting covers cooperation matters in all their aspects, including politics, trade and economics.
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📈 In 2023, Russia’s trade with ASEAN countries increased by 14.6 percent to almost $22 billion.
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Russia has coined a range of #EAS initiatives. They include creating a mechanism of pan-regional cooperation on countering epidemics and restoring economic potential by stimulating tourism.
We consider the #ARF as one of the key platforms for discussing topical issues of the regional agenda, developing measures of mutual trust and preventive diplomacy, and boosting non-politicised practical cooperation in security.
During the forum’s 31st session on July 27, we will thoroughly discuss countering new threats and challenges. We will summarise the results of #RussiaIndonesia co-chairmanship in the Russia-ASEAN Forum on the Safe Use of Information and Communication Technologies in 2022-2024.
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