Sen. Lt.Gen. Ty highlighted the traditional friendship between the twocountries, which was founded by President Ho Chi Minh and PresidentFidel Castro and have been nurtured by generations of leaders of bothsides.
He hailed the development of bilateral tiesin the field of defence over the past few years, particularly thesigning of a cooperation agreement between the two armies in March thisyear.
Head of the Cuban delegation, Chief of theLogistics Department under the Cuba ’s Western Army, Maj. Gen RobertoRodriguez Dopico affirmed that Cuba always regards Vietnamese armedforces and people as comrades and brothers.
Cubais always ready to assist and cooperate with the Vietnamese peopleand army to the best of its capability, he said.-VNA