Senior Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lich, Director of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), held talks with Sen. Lieut. Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias, Minister of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, on October 21 as part of his visit to Cuba.

Lich, who is also Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee and member of the executive board of the Central Military Commission, stated that Vietnam and Cuba possess a special traditional and close relationship which has been nurtured by their high-ranking leaders and become a model for international relations.

He highly valued Cuba’s positive results in putting into reality the policies on socio-economic updates of the Communist Party of Cuba’s sixth Congress, and affirmed Vietnam’s consistent support for Cuba’s socialist construction.

For his part, Frias said the Vietnamese delegation’s visit will significantly contribute to further developing the bilateral traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation.

He affirmed that Cuba’s people and revolutionary armed forces always attach special sentiments to and consider Vietnamese people and the VPA their comrades and brothers.

Guest and host expressed their satisfaction at the fine development of bilateral defence ties in many fields.

The two sides agreed to continue developing the ties more effectively, particularly in the exchange of all-level delegations, young officers, the sharing of information and experience in military building, and cooperation in training.

They also stressed the need for the two sides to popularise the bilateral special friendship as well as raise the fighting will of their soldiers.

They agreed that it is necessary to consider politics building a basis to increase the combativeness of Party organisations and to thwart all plots of the hostile forces./.

Lich, who is also Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee and member of the executive board of the Central Military Commission, stated that Vietnam and Cuba possess a special traditional and close relationship which has been nurtured by their high-ranking leaders and become a model for international relations.

He highly valued Cuba’s positive results in putting into reality the policies on socio-economic updates of the Communist Party of Cuba’s sixth Congress, and affirmed Vietnam’s consistent support for Cuba’s socialist construction.

For his part, Frias said the Vietnamese delegation’s visit will significantly contribute to further developing the bilateral traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation.

He affirmed that Cuba’s people and revolutionary armed forces always attach special sentiments to and consider Vietnamese people and the VPA their comrades and brothers.

Guest and host expressed their satisfaction at the fine development of bilateral defence ties in many fields.

The two sides agreed to continue developing the ties more effectively, particularly in the exchange of all-level delegations, young officers, the sharing of information and experience in military building, and cooperation in training.

They also stressed the need for the two sides to popularise the bilateral special friendship as well as raise the fighting will of their soldiers.

They agreed that it is necessary to consider politics building a basis to increase the combativeness of Party organisations and to thwart all plots of the hostile forces.-VNA