At the event (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) –The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN met its Cuban counterpart inNew York on February 10 to present Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son’sgift on the occasion of Cuba starting its Presidency of the Group of 77and China.
The head of the Vietnamese mission, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, affirmed that Vietnamalways values special friendship, mutual trust and loyalty with Cuba.
He expressed his belief thatCuba will successfully assume this role and continueprotecting the interests of developing countries, and that the twocountries' missions will continue maintaining close and effective coordination atthe UN forums.
Ambassador Pedro LuisPredoso Cuesta, head of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN, stressed thatthe two countries will continue offering mutual support on issues of sharedconcern.
Founded in 1964, the G77 and China groups 134 members, including developing countries with a view topromoting collective economic interests and strengthening the capacity ofmember states in economic and sustainable development issues within the UN andSouth-South cooperation frameworks.
Vietnam is one of the 77founding members of the group. Cuba was elected as Chair of the Group and undertook this role from January 2023./.
