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NA Chairman meets Lao legislator on sidelines of IPU-150

The two sides agreed to continue strengthening close and effective cooperation between the two legislatures in the time ahead.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man meets with Chairman of the Lao National Assembly's Committee for Foreign Affairs Sanya Praseuth in Uzbekistan on April 6. (Photo: VNA)
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man meets with Chairman of the Lao National Assembly's Committee for Foreign Affairs Sanya Praseuth in Uzbekistan on April 6. (Photo: VNA)

Tashkent (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Chairman of the Lao National Assembly's Committee for Foreign Affairs Sanya Praseuth in Uzbekistan on April 6, within the framework of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-150).

Man extended his deepest condolences to Lao Party and State leaders, and people on the passing of former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and former President of Laos Khamtay Siphandone.

He informed the Lao official that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chhinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese government to attend the memorial service for Khamtay Siphandone in Vientiane on April 7.

Man asked Sanya Praseuth to convey his regards to his Lao counterpart and other Lao legislators.

For his part, Sanya Praseuth expressed deep emotion over the sincere condolences extended by Vietnamese Party, State, and Government leaders following the passing of the former Lao President.

The two sides agreed to continue strengthening close and effective cooperation between the two legislatures in the time ahead./.


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