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The
Government
of
Vietnam
has
expressed
their
willingness
to
provide
assistance
to speed
up the
de-mining
process
in the
North.
This was
conveyed
by
Vietnamese
President
Nguyen
Minh
Triet
when he
met
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
during
his
three
day
official
visit to
Vietnam
yesterday.
Leaders
of both
countries
expressed
their
keen
interest
on
strengthening
the
existing
relationship
between
the two
countries
in the
fields
of
economics,
trade,
culture
and
religion.
President
Rajapaksa
briefed
the
Vietnamese
President
about
the
current
situation
of the
re-settlement
programme
in the
North
and the
Vietnamese
President
asserted
willingness
to help
in the
demining
process
claiming
that
Vietnam
had much
experience
and
expertise
in that
field.
Vietnamese
President
Nguyen
Minh
Triet
said
that his
Government
is
expecting
to
establish
a
Vietnam
embassy
in Sri
Lanka by
2010.
Sri
Lanka
President
and the
delegation
also met
Prime
Minister
of the
Socialist
Republic
of
Vietnam,
Nguyen
Tan Dung
yesterday
evening
(22).
The
Vietnam
Prime
Minister,
Dung
during
his
discussions
with the
President
and the
delegation
expressed
interest
of
Vietnam
for oil
and gas
exploration
in Sri
Lanka.
President
Rajapaksa
told
Prime
Minister
Dung
that the
proposal
laid by
the
Government
to
engage
in oil
exploration
will be
taken
into
consideration
and
further
examined.
The
Prime
Minister
Dung,
also
stressed
that the
Government
of
Vietnam
will not
allow
any
remnants
of LTTE
terrorism
to raise
its ugly
head
again in
the
region
and
assured
that
Vietnam
will
always
continue
to stand
by the
Government
of Sri
Lanka.
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