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Article: Putin meets with Vietnam's Communist party chief in Moscow
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- October 10, 2002
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Dateline: MOSCOW
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Vietnam's Communist Party
chief Nong Duc Manh in the Kremlin on Thursday to discuss boosting
political and economic ties between the former Cold War allies.
"I would like to note with satisfaction that there has been positive
change in our trade and economic relations over the past year," Putin
said in comments broadcast on Russian state television.
"As traditional friends, we are closely watching the success that
the Russian people have achieved under your leadership," the Interfax
news agency quoted Manh as saying at the meeting.
Manh is on a five-day visit to Russia. On Thursday, he laid ...