Party official pays working visit to Nicaragua to seek closer ties

A high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs paid a working visit to Nicaragua from October 30- November 2.
Party official pays working visit to Nicaragua to seek closer ties ảnh 1Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs (right) and  President of the Nicaraguan National Assembly Dr. Gustavo Porras Cortés (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV),led by Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party CentralCommittee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for InternalAffairs paid a working visit to Nicaragua from October 30- November 2. 

While inNicaragua, Trac held talks with a high-ranking delegation of the Sandinista NationalLiberation Front Party (FSLN) of Nicaragua; met with Presidentof the Nicaraguan National Assembly Dr. Gustavo Porras Cortés and Foreign Minister Denis Moncada, and had working sessions with leaders of several ministriesand sectors. 

During the talks and meetings, the CPV official affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State always value and aspireto further deepen the friendship and collaboration between Vietnam andNicaragua as well as between the CPV and the FSLN on the basis of the traditional solidarity and friendship, closeness in views on international matters and common interests in the process of building and developing the country. 

The NicaraguanNational Assembly leader, Dr. Gustavo Porras reiterated the special solidarity withVietnam and its people and praised the enormous achievements of the Southeast Asiancountry in its renewal cause under the leadership of the CPV over the past nearly four decades, saying that they are valuable experiences for Nicaragua and other Latin American countries to learnfrom and expand cooperation.

The twosides concurred to strengthen coordination and effectively implement the signedcooperation agreement in 2020 and raise the role of the two ruling parties in promoting high-level visits of their governments, ministries, sectors and localities; maintain the regular and flexible operation of the political consultation between the two foreign ministries, build and perfect legal frameworks in order to create favourableconditions for bilateral collaboration, and enhance exchanges between mass organisations and people of the two countries.

During thevisit, the Vietnamese delegation engaged in a working session with the Government of Reconciliationand National Unity of Nicaragua with the participation of the ministers of Health,Agriculture, Finance and Credit, and General Director of Post andTelecommunications Academy to discuss specific proposals on bilateral cooperation in fields of the two countries' strength. They agreed to push ahead with cooperation agreements and proposals in health care, including traditional medicine, and seek effective models for partnership in agriculture and farm produce processing as well as possibilities for joint work in telecom, digital transformation and hi-tech industry./.

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