Vietnam and Cuba reviewed their bilateral agenda during the VI Round of Political Consultations between the two foreign ministries, held in virtual format on March 2nd.
Chaired by the First Deputy Ministers of Foreign Relations, Marcelino Medina González and Bui Thanh Son, the event was the occasion for an exchange on the bilateral milestones since the V Political Consultation and other topics in the international arena.
Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre recently underlined that Cuba is about to achieve an extraordinary achievement in the global race for COVID-19 vaccines.
When informing that the Caribbean country would begin the third phase trials of the Sovereign-02 vaccine, the media stressed that this scientific success is obtained despite the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for decades and the increase in sanctions under the term of former President Donald Trump.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council, called for international cooperation in the struggle for a just, democratic and equitable international order, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a social media post, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla expressed gratitude for the solidarity shown Cuba, after our country was added to the arbitrary U.S. State Department list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro, and the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of that nation, Nguyen Phu Trong, held a fraternal telephone conversation, after the celebration of the XIII Congress of the Vietnamese political organization.
Army General congratulated friend Phu Trong on his reelection as head of the Party. He praised the results of the conclave and thanked the brother country for its unconditional support for the Cuban Revolution.