Hanoi, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister visited Vietnam today as part of an effort to bolster ties.

Lavrov, on his way to the Indonesian island of Bali for a G-20 meeting, sought to strengthen ties with Vietnam.

Lavrov is currently on a trip to Asia to seek support amid his country’s diplomatic isolation by the West and punishing sanctions leveled over the Ukrainian war. He had visited Mongolia a day before arriving in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi.

The visit comes as the two countries marked 10 years since expanding their relationship to a strategic partnership.

Lavrov is scheduled to depart Vietnam later today and travel to Indonesia to attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing countries.

Source: Oman News Agency