HANOI: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a "reliable security architecture" in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday (J
The United States criticised Hanoi for inviting the Russia n leader, Putin received a 21-gun salute at a military ceremony in Vietnam , was embraced by two of its Communist leaders and lavishly praised by one of them.
At a news conference to wrap up his trip, Putin accused the NATO military alliance of creating a security threat for Russia in Asia, TASS reported. They were the latest Western sanctions imposed on Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which Moscow calls a"special military operation".
The military ceremony put on to greet Putin, who was embraced by both Vietnamese President To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, was the kind reserved for the highest heads of state and rolled out when US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Vietnam last year. Abuza underlined Vietnam and Russia's shared Communist history, with tens of thousands of Vietnamese cadres - including current members of the Politburo - having trained in the former Soviet Union.Vietnam's hosting of Putin was criticised by the EU and by the United States, now an important partner which upgraded diplomatic relations with Hanoi last year and is Vietnam's top export market.
An EU delegation spokesperson in Vietnam said Hanoi had the right to develop its own foreign policy, but said Russia's war in Ukraine proved Moscow did not respect international law.
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