3 december, 2008 18:15  
 
 

Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to the Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Bouasone Bouphavanh, congratulating him on Laos’s National Day – the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the LPDR

 
 
 

The message reads, in part: 

"I am sure that friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation, established between Russia and Laos, will effectively develop in the future to the benefit of our peoples, and in the interests of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific Region."