The top Vietnamese party leader congratulated his Cuban counterpart on his recent election as First Secretary and recognized the revolutionary career of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and his contributions to the brotherhood ties between Cuba and Vietnam.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held a fraternal and productive telephone conversation this Wednesday morning with the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong.
The top Vietnamese party leader congratulated his Cuban counterpart for his recent election as First Secretary and recognized the revolutionary career of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and his contributions to the brotherhood ties between Cuba and Vietnam.
Comrade Díaz-Canel reported on the results of the 8th. Party Congress and thanked Vietnam for its support in the fight against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States government against our people. The Cuban leader also wished the Communist Party of Vietnam success in implementing the resolutions passed in its 13th. Congress.
Both leaders ratified the will to continue strengthening the special relations of friendship and cooperation between both peoples, parties and governments, guided by the imperishable legacy of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and the legendary revolutionary Ho Chi Minh.
Accompanying the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam were comrades Truong Thi Mai, member of the Political Bureau, of the Secretariat and head of the Organizing Commission of the Central Committee of the PCV, President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association; To Lam, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Public Security; Phan Van Giang, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Defense; Le Minh Hung, member of the Central Committee Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the Central Committee Office; Le Hoai Trung, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of its Foreign Relations Commission; Le Khanh Hai, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the Office of the President; Bui Thanh Son, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Chancellor; Nguyen Huy Tang, Deputy Chief of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam; and Ho Mau Ngoat, Assistant Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba was accompanied by comrades Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization and Politics of Cadres; Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Foreign Relations; Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera; member of the Political Bureau and minister of the FAR; Major General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of the Interior; Ángel Arzuaga Reyes, Coordinator of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Party and Alberto Blanco Silva, Director of Asia and Oceania of MINREX.