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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed in Cuba

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel chaired an official welcome ceremony for President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamese delegation at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana on September 19 evening (local time).
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed in Cuba ảnh 1Official welcome ceremony for President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba(CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel chaired anofficial welcome ceremony for President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamesedelegation at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana on September 19 evening(local time).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed in Cuba ảnh 2First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hold talks (Photo: VNA)
Following the ceremony, the two leaders held talks. After that,they are expected to witness the signing ceremony of cooperation documentsbetween the two countries’ ministries, sectors and enterprises.

Earlier, President Phuc met with President of the NationalAssembly of the People’s Power Esteban Lazo Hernández, during which he said thatVietnam hopes to further develop its relations with Cuba.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed in Cuba ảnh 3President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with President of the National Assembly of the People’s Power Esteban Lazo Hernández (Photo: VNA)
The host affirmed that Phuc’s official visit will tightenthe special traditional friendship and cooperation between the two peoples.

The two leaders agreed that the bilateral relations have developedcontinuously over the past time, with high-level exchanges and activites of bilateral cooperation mechanisms maintained.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed in Cuba ảnh 4Meeting between President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with President of the National Assembly of the People’s Power Esteban Lazo Hernández (Photo: VNA)
President Phuc affirmed that the Vietnamese National Assembly as wellas ministries and sectors are willing to coordinate and cooperate with theCuban National Assembly.

Vietnam has always stood shoulder-to-shoulder with andsupported Cuba, and protested and demanded the lifting of embargo against the Caribbeancountry.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed in Cuba ảnh 5President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamese delegation lay flowers at the Monument to national hero Jose Marti (Photo: VNA)
The same day, President Phuc and the Vietnamese delegation laidflowers at the Monument to national hero Jose Marti./.
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