Vietnam attaches importance to ties with Cuba: VUFO President

Vietnam attaches importance to further strengthening solidarity, special and loyal friendship with Cuba as well as stepping up cooperation in fields of their strength, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son told Vice President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State of Cuba Ana María Mari Machado during a reception in Hanoi on September 15.
Vietnam attaches importance to ties with Cuba: VUFO President ảnh 1Delegates at the reception (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches importanceto further strengthening solidarity, special and loyal friendship with Cuba aswell as stepping up cooperation in fields of their strength, President of theVietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son told Vice President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State of Cuba Ana María Mari Machado during a reception in Hanoi on September 15.

Son said the VUFO and the Vietnam-Cuba FriendshipAssociation (VCFA) have worked closely with the Cuban Institute of Friendshipwith the Peoples (ICAP), the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association (CVFA), theCuban Embassy in Hanoi, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba to organise numerousactivities within the framework of the cooperation agreement signed betweenVUFO and the VCFA in 2020.

Since its foundation on January 25, 1965, theVCFA has engaged in a wide range of meaningful activities, contributingpositively to the preservation of shared values and traditions, enhancingsolidarity between the two countries’ people, and playing an important role inpromoting the special friendship between the two Parties and countries, headded.

He affirmed that with its role as thecore people's diplomacy agency, VUFO and the VCFA will continue closelypartnering with the ICAP, and the CVFA. They will also closely link with the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi to followdirections of the leaders of the two Parties, Governments and legislatures. Thegoal is to further strengthen the bond between their people and step up thecontinued development of bilateral relationship.

Ana María Mari Machado, for her part, stressed that Cubahighly values its special friendship with Vietnam. She expressed her appreciationfor the close-knit cooperation and strong bond between the two countries, aswell as between the ICAP and the VUFO in particular over the past years.

Cuba places great importance on educating theyounger generation about the special and loyal friendship between the twonations, she said, adding that Cuba is thankful and deeply appreciatesVietnam's invaluable and sincere assistance, especially during the COVID-19pandemic.

She believed the bilateral relationship willcontinue to grow in the near future./.

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