President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)Nguyen Phuong Nga (right) presents Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Vietnam Anar Lachin Oglu Imanov with a Commemorative Medal for Peace and Friendship among Nations. (Photo: thoidai.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) onFebruary 27 awarded Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Vietnam Anar Lachin Oglu Imanova Commemorative Medal for Peaceand Friendship among Nations in recognition of his efforts to foster the two countries’ relations.
Speaking atthe award ceremony in Hanoi, VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga recalled the long-standing ties between Vietnamand Azerbaijan, saying historic visits by President Ho Chi Minh to theAzerbaijanese capital city of Baku in 1959 and by President Heida Aliyev toVietnam in 1983 have laid solid foundation for the bilateral friendship togrow.
Vietnamesepeople always remember support from the government and people of Azerbaijan forVietnam in past struggle for independence and today’s national construction and protection, Nga said.
She hailedImanov, the first ambassador of Azerbaijan in Vietnam, for his importantcontributions to strengthening and accelerating the friendship and cooperation between the twopeoples since the Azerbaijanese Embassy was established in Hanoi in 2013.
He alsoenthusiastically supported the founding of the Vietnam – Azerbaijan FriendshipAssociation in October 2015 with 100 members, she noted. Since then, theassociation has cooperated with the Azerbaijanese Embassy to organise variousdiplomatic and culturalevents and delegation exchanges, especially the visit of President Ilham Aliyev to Vietnam in 2014.
She hoped thatthe ambassador will continue dedicating to the development of the bilateralrelations in the future./.