BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/04/2008

Belarusian President Pledges "To Do Everything For Vietnam"

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka said in Hanoi on April 7 that his country is ready "to do everything for Vietnam," Belarusian state media reported. Lukashenka, who arrived in Vietnam on a two-day state visit on April 7-8, met with Non Duc Manh, secretary-general of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and Vietnamese President and Prime Minister Nguyen Minh Triet. Both sides reportedly signed a contract on the delivery of more than 500 Belarusian tractors to Vietnam. Lukashenka stressed the need for Belarus and Vietnam to increase their trade almost tenfold in the next two or three years from $63.6 million in 2007. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/04/3-cee/cee-080408.asp

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