As a friend of the Palestinian people, Russia is doing its best to provide regular aid: last year, we sent over 800 tonnes of cargo to those in need, including food, medicine, and essential items.

We have always been convinced that lasting peace in the region can only be achieved on a universally recognised international legal basis that provides for the establishment of two states for two peoples.

Russia consistently advocates for providing humanitarian access and resuming the Middle East peace process. Regretfully, the situation is only getting worse. As I have just said, we are talking about a humanitarian crisis, a disaster, which is, of course, aggravated by decisions to ban even humanitarian aid and supplies of essential items and electricity to the Gaza Strip. This causes particular concern.

Unfortunately, the Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement reached earlier this year was sabotaged, and the situation keeps degrading.

We always emphasise that Russia and Vietnam have long-standing ties of friendship.

In recent years, the long-standing ties between Russia and Slovakia have been effectively frozen through the efforts by the previous Slovak administration, which toed the general line of the collective West. During our meeting in December 2024, we agreed that your government would take steps to restore bilateral cooperation. In essence, this is your stance. Naturally, we support it, and for our part, will do our best in this regard.

As is well known, Egypt was a scene of some major battles during the war. The country became a foothold for our partners, the Allies in North Africa. In February 1945, Egypt officially declared war on the Axis, and so it is among the victorious states.

Our common fight against Nazism contributed to the establishment of ties between our countries. It is symbolic that the Soviet Union and Egypt established diplomatic relations precisely during the war, in August 1943, after Hitler troops were routed at the Kursk salient.

Zimbabwe is our reliable partner on the African continent.

We know how vitally important solidarity and support — support from our allies, friends and comrades-in-arms — was for the fighting people of the Soviet Union. We will forever remain grateful to all our friends and comrades.

I consider it important that today we have come together to celebrate the anniversary of the Great Victory and remember those who gave all their strength for the freedom of their native land and the entire world, those who sacrifiсed themselves in the name of saving humanity. <...>

As time takes us further away from the events of World War Two, it becomes all the more important for us to preserve the values that were upheld by the Great Victory and to pass to future generations the truth of how and in the name of what it was won, as well as our conviction that the unity of people around the ideals of peace, freedom and justice is of unlimited power.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. Over the years, our bilateral ties have grown stronger, evolving to a comprehensive strategic partnership, and continue to expand in the spirit of equality, mutual respect, and consideration of each other's interests. The talks we have just had with Comrade To Lam serve as a clear proof of all this

We deeply appreciate that on such a special day, on the day of the 80th anniversary of Victory, you are with us here in Moscow, personally attending the anniversary events. I am aware that they tried to advise you against it, and even caused some logistics challenges. And yet, here you are with us, and we deeply appreciate this.