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Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man emphasised Vietnam’s commitment to deepen the traditional solidarity and special friendship with Cuba at his meeting with President of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 30.

At the event, which took place on the sidelines of the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at the UN headquarters, the Vietnamese top legislator expressed his delight at the robust development of the bilateral relations over the recent past, particularly the close cooperation between the two legislatures.

Vietnam and Cuba reaffirmed the commitment to deepening their historic partnership during the eighth political consultation in Hanoi on July 24, co-chaired by Vietnam’s Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and Cuba’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Peñalver Portal during the latter’s official visit to Vietnam from July 22-25.

Vu briefed his Cuban guest on Vietnam’s recent socio-economic progress and outlined plans, affirming that the Vietnamese Party, State, and people always attach great importance to the traditional solidarity, special friendship, and comprehensive cooperation with Cuba.