(VOVworld) - Russia’s Federation Council (the upper house) supports peaceful negotiations in accordance with international law and non-intervention principle to resolve all disputes. Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, made the statement while receiving Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Moscow on Thursday. The Federation Council consistently backs equality in international relations, he told Son, who is also special envoy for the Vietnamese Prime Minister. For his part, Son acknowledged Russia’s measures to stabilize the situation in Ukraine, noting that Russia’s peace initiative would benefit the Ukrainian people.