Vietnamese, Cuban parties strengthen ties

11:09, 20/09/2021

Deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Truong Quang Hoai Nam had a working session with leaders of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee's Department of External Relations in Havana on September 19.

 

Deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Truong Quang Hoai Nam had a working session with leaders of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee's Department of External Relations in Havana on September 19.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc introduces membersof the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation at the welcoming ceremony in Havana
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc introduces membersof the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation at the welcoming ceremony in Havana.

Nam lauded the achievements that Cuba has gained in various fields such as education, health care, and biotechnology, while sharing difficulties that Cuba is facing.

The leaders of the CPC Central Committee's Department of External Relations, including acting head of the department Angel Arzuaga Reyes and deputy head of the department Juan Carlos Marsan, expressed their delight at the growing ties between Vietnam and Cuba, including sound relations between the two Parties and the two agencies for external relations.

They emphasised the need to continue promoting the bilateral political relations, especially educating the youth and young Party members of both sides on the special friendship between the two countries. It is necessary to further strengthen bilateral economic, trade and investment partnership to match the sound political ties between the two Parties and nations, they stressed.

Both sides concurred to continue working closely together and effectively implementing the cooperation agreements between the two Parties in the 2018-2023 period, including the exchange of delegations at all levels and the organisation of the fifth theoretical conference as well as activities to mark the 55th anniversary of the historical meeting between Cuban leader Raúl Castro and President Ho Chi Minh (1966-2021).

Angel Arzuaga Reyes took the chance to invite Le Hoai Trung, member of the CPV Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, to visit Cuba.

On the occasion, the commission presented 100,000 facemasks to the CPC Central Committee’s Department of External Relations.

(Source: VNA)