Politburo member, Vice President of Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa (left) welcomes President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at Havana Jose Marti International Airport.(Photo: VNA) Havana (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Havana onSeptember 18 morning (local time), beginning a three-day official friendly visit to Cuba at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party ofCuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel.
The Vietnamese President was welcomed at Havana Jose Marti International Airport byPolitburo member, Vice President of Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa and officialsof the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Vietnamese Ambassador to CubaLe Thanh Tung, the embassy’s staff and representatives of the Vietnamesecommunity working, living and studying in the country.
Vietnam and Cuba establisheddiplomatic relations in 1960. Cuba always took the lead in supporting Vietnam’sresistance war to regain national independence and reunification.
President Phuc’svisit to Cuba reflected Vietnam’s policy of promoting relations with prioritypartners and traditional friends. It is an opportunity for Vietnam to affirmits solidarity and strong support for Cuba in a challenging period, Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsDang Hoang Giang hadsaid.
It is the first visit to Cubaby a senior leader of the Vietnamese Party and State after the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
PresidentPhuc is also the first foreign head of state to visit Cuba after the Caribbean country successfully organised the 8th National Congress of the Communist Partyof Cuba.
Over the past years, the VietnameseParty, State and people have actively supported Cuba in foodissue. In return, top leaders of Cuba directly instructed the early supply ofCOVID-19 vaccine and technology transfer to Vietnam when the Southeast Asian countryproposed.
During the visit, Vietnamese and Cubanleaders will discuss to further close coordination and concretise importantcollaboration areas between the two nations, and to deepen their solidarity in thenew period.
PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to hold talks with First Secretary of theCommunist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel; and meet with Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, and President of the National Assembly of the People’sPower and President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernández./.
The Vietnamese President was welcomed at Havana Jose Marti International Airport byPolitburo member, Vice President of Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa and officialsof the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Vietnamese Ambassador to CubaLe Thanh Tung, the embassy’s staff and representatives of the Vietnamesecommunity working, living and studying in the country.
Vietnam and Cuba establisheddiplomatic relations in 1960. Cuba always took the lead in supporting Vietnam’sresistance war to regain national independence and reunification.
President Phuc’svisit to Cuba reflected Vietnam’s policy of promoting relations with prioritypartners and traditional friends. It is an opportunity for Vietnam to affirmits solidarity and strong support for Cuba in a challenging period, Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsDang Hoang Giang hadsaid.
It is the first visit to Cubaby a senior leader of the Vietnamese Party and State after the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
PresidentPhuc is also the first foreign head of state to visit Cuba after the Caribbean country successfully organised the 8th National Congress of the Communist Partyof Cuba.
Over the past years, the VietnameseParty, State and people have actively supported Cuba in foodissue. In return, top leaders of Cuba directly instructed the early supply ofCOVID-19 vaccine and technology transfer to Vietnam when the Southeast Asian countryproposed.
During the visit, Vietnamese and Cubanleaders will discuss to further close coordination and concretise importantcollaboration areas between the two nations, and to deepen their solidarity in thenew period.
PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to hold talks with First Secretary of theCommunist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel; and meet with Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, and President of the National Assembly of the People’sPower and President of the Council of State Esteban Lazo Hernández./.
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