President To Lam and honor guard welcome Russia's Putin to VIetnam

(20 Jun 2024)
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Hanoi, Vietnam - 20 June 2024
1.⁠ ⁠Russian President Vladimir Putin's motorcade arriving at Vietnam's Presidential Palace
2. Putin getting out of car, shaking hands and hugging Vietnamese President To Lam
3.⁠ ⁠Various of Putin and Lam during national anthems
4. Honor guards
5.⁠ ⁠Various of Putin and Lam reviewing honor guards
6.⁠ ⁠Lam introducing Putin to Vietnamese officials
STORYLINE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking to strengthen ties with longtime partner Vietnam on a state visit Thursday that comes as Moscow faces growing international isolation because of its military actions in Ukraine.

Putin was met by President To Lam and given an official welcome ceremony outside Hanoi's Presidential Palace on the first full day of his trip to the Southeast Asian country.

He arrived from North Korea, where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed an agreement that pledges mutual aid in the event of war.

The strategic pact that could mark the strongest connection between Moscow and Pyongyang since the end of the Cold War comes as both face escalating standoffs with the West.

In Hanoi, the Russian leader was scheduled to meet Vietnam’s most powerful politician, Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the new President Lam and other officials.

The trip has resulted in a sharp rebuke from the U.S. Embassy in the country.

Much has changed since Putin's last visit to Vietnam in 2017.

Russia now faces a raft of U.S.-led sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine.

In 2023, the International Criminal Court in Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes.

The Kremlin rejected it as “null and void,” stressing that Moscow doesn’t recognize the court's jurisdiction.

AP video shot by Hau Dinh

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