National Assembly Chairman meets with Chairman of the Russian State Duma

After attending the Türkiye-Vietnam Business and Investment Forum in Istanbul, Türkiye, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and the high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam arrived in the capital city of Antalya to attend the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries' Parliaments (MSEAP3). On the evening of October 8 (local time), National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.

The Chairman of the State Duma of Russia thanked National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan for leading the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly to attend the 3rd MSEAP Conference; said that he was looking forward to meeting with the National Assembly Chairwoman to discuss a number of issues related to the Conference on economic cooperation, environment and sustainable development, as well as promoting cooperation between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Russian Federation Parliament.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.

Speaking at the meeting, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan respectfully thanked the President and the leaders of the Russian Federation for sending letters of condolences to the leaders of the State and people of Vietnam and sending Ms. Olga Epifanova, Vice Chairwoman of the State Duma, to attend the State funeral of the late President Tran Dai Quang, bringing the deep, sincere support, sharing, and close friendship of the State and people of the Russian Federation to the State and people of Vietnam.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan highly appreciated the Russian State Duma and the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea for co-founding the Conference of Speakers of Eurasian Parliaments to coordinate actions between legislative bodies in the Eurasian region and enhance the role of parliamentary diplomacy; at the same time, she believed that, with the role and position of the two co-founders, and the co-chairing of the Chairman of the Russian State Duma, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea and the Speaker of the National Assembly of Türkiye, the 3rd MSEAP Conference will be a great success.

The two National Assembly Chairmen highly appreciated the fact that the two countries' National Assemblies have maintained bilateral delegation exchanges and meetings on the sidelines of multilateral parliamentary forums in recent times; shared experiences in parliamentary activities, discussed international and regional issues of mutual concern; and agreed to strongly promote and deepen parliamentary cooperation between the two countries in a practical and effective manner, making an important contribution to promoting the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries.

It is expected that at the end of this year, the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia will officially visit Vietnam. The Chairman of the National Assembly said that the Vietnamese National Assembly is very pleased to welcome Chairman Volodin in Hanoi to have a more in-depth discussion on the cooperative relationship between the two countries, the two National Assemblies and issues of mutual concern.

Overview of the meeting.

The Chairman of the State Duma of Russia hopes that the Vietnamese National Assembly will support the initiative of the Russian Federation Parliament on establishing the Vietnam - Russia High-Level Inter-Parliamentary Committee with a number and gender ratio of 50/50 to discuss important issues between the two countries, promote exchanges between female parliamentarians, enhance the role of women in political activities as well as propose to strengthen coordination in monitoring the implementation of cooperation agreements signed between the two countries.

Chairman Volodin informed Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan that the Russian Federation Parliament has established a similar mechanism with the French, Italian, and Kazakh parliaments and is considering establishing this mechanism with the German parliament. The Chairman of the Russian State Duma stated that if the Vietnamese National Assembly supports this initiative, this will be an important step forward in the relationship between the two parliaments, contributing to promoting the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and the Russian Federation.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan agreed with the need to establish a high-level Vietnam-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Committee; this content will be discussed specifically during the official visit of the Chairman of the Russian State Duma to Vietnam later this year./.