Brontekst bekijken van Vietnam says it feels great pity over German kidnapping accusation

HANOI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Vietnam's [http://Www.Cbsnews.com/search/?q=foreign foreign] ministry on Thursday expressed "great pity" over a Germany statement accusing Vietnam of kidnapping a former oil executive, and said Hanoi wants to develop a "strategic relationship" with Germany.<br><br>Germany's foreign ministry on Wednesday accused Vietnam of kidnapping Trinh Xuan [http://vanphongcongchung.vn/ công chứng ở thanh xuân], a former executive at state oil company PetroVietnam, who faces charges of financial mismanagement in Vietnam.<br><br>Police in Vietnam on Monday said Thanh had turned himself in that day after a 10-month international manhunt.<br><br>"I feel great pity about the statement on August 2 of the German foreign ministry spokesperson," Vietnamese foreign ministry's spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told reporters in Hanoi.<br><br>"Vietnam very much respects and wants to develop the strategic partnership relation between Vietnam and Germany," she added. (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Writing by My Pham; Editing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Richard Borsuk)