Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung (left) symbolically hands over gifts of the Communist Party of Vietnam to the Communist Party of Cuba. (Photo: VNA)Havana (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung on April 20 handed over congratulatoryletters, messages and gifts of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) to theCommunist Party of Cuba (PCC) following the successful organisation of the PCC’s8th National Congress.
In a letter toGeneral Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the PCC in the 6th and 7th tenures, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his admiration forthe seven-decade revolutionary cause of the General, and thanked the Cuban leaderfor his sentiments towards the Vietnamese Party, State and people over the past60 years.
Inanother letter to new First Secretary of the PCC Miguel Díaz-Canel, Trong saidhe believes that the Cuban people, under the leadership of the PCC, will overcomeall difficulties and challenges to complete targets and guidelines set at thefreshly-concluded congress.
Onbehalf of the CPV, Tung also presented a number of gifts, including machines inservice of the information work, to the Cuban side.
Hesaid the congratulatory messages of the Vietnamese Party leader vividly demonstrate the solidaritybetween the Parties, States and people of Vietnam and Cuba, as well as their joint wish for enhancedspecial relationship.
JuanCarlos Marsán Aguilera, Deputy Chief of the Department for InternationalRelations of the PCC Central Committee, said Party General Secretary Trongis one of the first foreign leaders to extend their congratulations to the PCCon the success of the congress, reaffirming his determination to foster the special relationship between the two nations.
Onthis occasion, the two sides also discussed specific cooperation activities betweenthe two Parties and States in the coming time./.
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