Cuban leader Fidel Castro became the first foreign leader to set foot in the liberated area in central Quang Tri province in 1973 (Source: VMA)The eventbrought together representatives from Cuban ministries, sectors and organisationsas well as ambassadors and representatives of 20 other countries in Cuba.
In his speech, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh highlighted Vietnam’sgreat victory in the protracted resistance war in the past, during whichVietnam received valuable support and strong solidarity of progressive forces worldwide,especially assistance of friends from Asia, Africa and Latin America, includingthe Cuban people.
The ambassador expressed his hope that the Vietnam-Cuba relationship would bedeepened, thus promoting the development of each nation as the wishes of PresidentHo Chi Minh and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castrol.
Thanh also underlined the need to continue sustaining and strengthening thetraditional relations between the two countries, and proposed concreteactivities to mark 45 years since Cuban leader Fidel Castro becamethe first foreign leader to set foot in the liberated area in central Quang Triprovince in 1973.
Journalist Santiago Feliu, head of the OSPAAAL’s Culture and PopularisationDepartment, recalled activities of progressive movements in the world, whichebulliently followed Vietnam’s struggle for independence and national reunification.
The Vietnamese people made the world admire for not only the indomitableheroism in their struggle to defend the country but also in their reform (Doimoi) and national construction process, he stressed.
Participants at the meeting had a chance to view videos, photos and posters onVietnam in the past, the solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba, and Vietnam’s achievementsas well as efforts to reach stronger development in the reform period.-VNA
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