Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Council of the Nation of AlgeriaAbdaelkader Bensalah on September 26 led a delegation to pay tribute to President Tran DaiQuang at the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria.
Writing in the funeral book, he, on behalf of the Algerian President,Government and people, expressed his deepest condolences to the VietnameseGovernment and people over the passing of their beloved President.
He noted President Tran Dai Quang devoted his whole life to the nation and madeconcerted efforts to develop the friendship between Vietnam and Algeria.
Meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Quoc Tru, Bensalah stressed PresidentQuang’s death is a great loss of Algeria, hoping the Vietnamese Government andpeople will overcome their sorrow soon.
More than 50 international delegations came to pay homage and write in thecondolence book at the Vietnamese embassy in Algeria.
In Egypt, General Secretary of the Egyptian SocialistParty Ahmed Bahaa El-Din Shaaban came to the Vietnamese Embassy and wrote inthe condolence book in tribute to President Quang. He offered his sympathy tothe Vietnamese Party, State and people for this loss.
Writing in the condolence book, Russian Ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kirpichenkostated the passing of President Tran Dai Quang is a great loss to Vietnamesepeople and their international friends.
He affirmed Russia recognises President Quang’s devotion and contributions tothe friendship between Vietnam and Russia.
Various diplomatic and international delegations in Egypt also paid tribute toPresident Quang, including representatives from the President and Government’soffices, Ambassadors of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Cambodia,Nepal, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Hungary.
The Vietnamese embassies in South Africa and Mozambique also opened condolencebooks for President Tran Dai Quang on September 26 and 27.
On behalf of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), FRELIMOSecretary General Roque Silva Samuel and Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsMaria Manuela dos Santos Lucas paid homage and conveyed condolences.-VNA