Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held aphone talk with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on May 7 todiscuss measures strengthening the special traditional friendship andcomprehensive and trustful partnership between the two nations.
Son congratulated the success of the eighth Congress of theCommunist Party of Cuba (CPC) from April 16-19 and the Cuban Foreign Ministeron his re-election as a Politburo member.
He wished that the two foreign ministries would continueworking closely together to further tighten bilateral friendship andcollaboration.
The Vietnamese minister reiterated Vietnam’s consistentpolicy of staying united with Cuba and strongly supporting the United NationsGeneral Assembly’s resolutions requesting an end to embargo on Cuba.
Parrilla, for his part, thanked Vietnam for providinginvaluable support for Cuba over the past years and spoke highly of Vietnam’srole as rotating President of the United Nations Security Council in January2020 and April 2021.
Both sides agreed to deliver on commitments reached by thetwo nations’ leaders, including those made during phone talks on May 5 betweenParty General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the CPC MiguelDiaz-Canel, facilitate high-level visits when conditions allow, firstlymaintaining all-level exchanges via phone talks and teleconferences amid the COVID-19pandemic.
The two sides will optimize existing cooperation frameworksand mechanisms to improve the efficiency of bilateral economic, trade andinvestment ties while carrying out bilateral agendas 2021, including increasingthe sharing of information, experience and consultations on issues of sharedconcern, and offering mutual support at international organisations andmultilateral forums to which the two nations are members./.
Son congratulated the success of the eighth Congress of theCommunist Party of Cuba (CPC) from April 16-19 and the Cuban Foreign Ministeron his re-election as a Politburo member.
He wished that the two foreign ministries would continueworking closely together to further tighten bilateral friendship andcollaboration.
The Vietnamese minister reiterated Vietnam’s consistentpolicy of staying united with Cuba and strongly supporting the United NationsGeneral Assembly’s resolutions requesting an end to embargo on Cuba.
Parrilla, for his part, thanked Vietnam for providinginvaluable support for Cuba over the past years and spoke highly of Vietnam’srole as rotating President of the United Nations Security Council in January2020 and April 2021.
Both sides agreed to deliver on commitments reached by thetwo nations’ leaders, including those made during phone talks on May 5 betweenParty General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the CPC MiguelDiaz-Canel, facilitate high-level visits when conditions allow, firstlymaintaining all-level exchanges via phone talks and teleconferences amid the COVID-19pandemic.
The two sides will optimize existing cooperation frameworksand mechanisms to improve the efficiency of bilateral economic, trade andinvestment ties while carrying out bilateral agendas 2021, including increasingthe sharing of information, experience and consultations on issues of sharedconcern, and offering mutual support at international organisations andmultilateral forums to which the two nations are members./.
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