Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (L) and Cuban Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelino Medina in Havana on September 19. (Photo: VNA) Son, who was accompanying President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on an official visit to Cuba from September 18-20, emphasised the important significance of the Vietnamese leader’s trip in the current context, saying that it manifested the special friendship, close solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba.
He highly appreciated the close coordination between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Embassies of Vietnam and Cuba in preparing for President Phuc’s first visit to Cuba.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Cuban counterpart will urge other ministries and sectors of the two nations to effectively implement high-level agreements reached by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Son said.
Medina stressed that President Phuc’s visit was the first official high-level activity in Cuba since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the country. Leaders and the people of Cuba have attached great importance to the visit, considering it as vivid evidence of consistent solidarity and timely mutual support between the two nations, he added.
The two sides agreed to continue flexibly carrying out the political consultation mechanism at the deputy foreign minister level amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They also consented to strengthen coordination, cooperation and mutual support at international organisations and multilateral forums of which both nations are members, especially the United Nations.
The officials held that amid current challenges, the two sides will actively promote cooperative ties in different fields to match with fine political relations between Vietnam and Cuba for the common interests of both nations.
At the end of the meeting, Son and Medina witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations of Cuba by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang and his Cuban counterpart Gerardo Penalver./.
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