President of the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Association Pham Tat Dong andDPRK Ambassador Ma Chol Su both expressed satisfaction at newdevelopments in the friendship and cooperation between the twocountries.
They referred to recent visits and contacts between the two countries’leaders and their renewed determination to attach importance toboosting bilateral friendship and traditional cooperation.
Dong affirmed that friendship associations in both countries willcontinue to work to further mutual friendship and solidarity.
At the event, the DPRK ambassador said he looked forward to theVietnamese people recording new achievements in national constructionand in efforts to build and strengthen the ASEAN Community in itscapacity as ASEAN Chair in 2010.
The get-together was attended by Vice National Assembly Chairman HuynhNgoc Son, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission forExternal Relations Pham Xuan Son and Deputy Foreign Minister Bui ThanhSon, among others./.