
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Foreign AffairsBui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 30 for Cuba’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs GerardoPeñalver Portal who is on an official visit to Vietnam for the seventhpolitical consultation between the two foreign ministries.
Son spoke highly of the results of the deputyministerial-level political consultation which reviewed the bilateralagenda and reached consensus on measures strengthening bilateral ties.
He suggested both sides facilitate the exchangeof high-level delegations and visits by ministries, agencies and businesses; furtherreinforce bilateral trade and investment; make better use of cooperationmechanisms between the two countries’ Parties, Governments, ministries andagencies; as well as offer all possible support to Vietnamese enterprises to dobusiness in Cuba.
Portal said Cuba wants to further deepenspecial traditional relationship and comprehensive partnership with Vietnam.
He thanked the Vietnamese Party, State andpeople for providing support for Cuba in the cause of national construction anddevelopment, most recently material and mental support following the oil storage facility fire in Matanzas city on August 5.
Both sides agreed to prepare for political andhigh-level exchanges in the 2022-2023 period, improve the efficiency ofcooperation mechanisms to further lift economic-trade-investment ties, thustightening special political ties and comprehensive partnership between the twonations.
During his visit from August 28 – September 1,Portal is scheduled to meet with head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for ExternalRelations Le Hoai Trung, Minister of Construction and co-chair of the Vietnam –Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee Nguyen Thanh Nghi, Chairman of the NationalAssembly’s Committee for External Relations and Chairman of the Vietnam – Cuba FriendshipParliamentarians’ Group Vu Hai Ha, and pay a working visit to Ho Chi MinhCity./.