Deputy PM receives Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on July 25 received Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria Laid Rebiga, who is in Vietnam to attend the funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang (right) talks to Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria Laid Rebiga at the meeting in Hanoi on July 25. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) ꦯ– Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on July 25 received Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria Laid Rebiga, who is in Vietnam to attend the funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
The Algerian minister said he had handed over a letter of condolences from President Abdelmadjib Tebboune to President To Lam, and expressed deep sorrow at the death of the Party leader, who has a prominent place in the heart of Vietnamese and Algerian people.
He laid stress on the significance of his visit to Vietnam, noting that Algeria attaches importance to the traditional friendship and cooperation with Vietnam and wishes to promote bilateral ties across the board.
Deputy PM Quang thanked Algerian leaders and people for their sympathies and emphasised that General Secretary Trong is an outstanding leader of the Vietnamese people, who has left many legacies including in external affairs.
He affirmed that Vietnam consistently follows the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance and attaches importance to the friendship and cooperation with traditional friendly countries in Africa, particularly Algeria.
The Deputy PM proposed that the two sides actively prepare for the exchange of high-ranking delegations in the time ahead, with a view to opening a new chapter, a new period in bilateral ties, while continuing to effectively maintain existing cooperative mechanisms, including the inter-governmental committee and political consultation at deputy foreign ministerial level.
Quang also urged that the two countries continue to coordinate closely and support each other at international forums for the goal of peace and development for every nation, region and the world as a whole./.
As many as 1,565 delegations with 55,600 people paid their final respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and his hometown in Lai Da village, Dong Hoi commune, Hanoi's outlying district of Dong Anh from 7am to 9pm on July 25.
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Expressing their deep condolences to the Party, State and people of Vietnam, leaders from many countries and international friends came to Hanoi on July 25 to say goodbye forever to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
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