Medvedev Points Out Importance Of Efforts On Creating Nuclear Science Center In Vietnam

Medvedev Points Out Importance of Efforts on Creating Nuclear Science Center in Vietnam

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pointed out on Wednesday the importance of joint Russian-Vietnamese efforts on creating the nuclear science and technologies center in Vietnam

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd May, 2019) Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pointed out on Wednesday the importance of joint Russian-Vietnamese efforts on creating the nuclear science and technologies center in Vietnam.

On the sidelines of the talks between Medvedev and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, earlier in the day, the CEO of Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, and Vietnamese Science and Technologies Minister Chu Ngoc Anh singed a memorandum on creating the nuclear science and technologies center in Vietnam.

"Concerning atomic energy, this sphere needs coordinated efforts to implement the construction project for the nuclear science and technologies center in Vietnam," Medvedev said.

According to the head of the Vietnamese government, Vietnam and Russia agreed to boost joint efforts, aimed at ensuring peace, stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region.

"We agreed to boost our efforts on maintaining peace, stability, security as well as freedom of maritime traffic and navigation. We are calling for peaceful settlement of all disputes in the Asia-Pacific region, including in the East and South China seas," Phuc said.

He added that Vietnam was positively assessing the Russian contribution to ensuring stability in the region.