The traditional friendship and cooperationshown between the parties, governments and peoples of Vietnam andCuba will be strengthened and developed further, says a Vietnamesediplomat.
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh emphasised thehistorical significance of establishing bilateral diplomatic ties 50years ago (December 2) at a talk on the fraternal solidarity andcomprehensive cooperation between both countries in Hanoi November29.
The Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam , Fredesman Turro Gonzalez,stressed that after years of difficulties, the relationship that Cubaand Vietnam has lasted for five decades, saying that both countriesvalue the bilateral friendly and fraternal ties based on mutual trustand assistance as well as a consensus on politics.
Themed“Vietnam-Cuba traditional friendship over the past 50 years,” and“Vietnam-Cuba relations in the new era”, the participants discussed andrecalled the help the Cuban people provided to Vietnam during itsstruggle for national liberation and socialism.
The participantshighlighted the achievements made in bilateral relations and cooperationin various areas of politics, trade, science-technology and culture.
Therelationship has set an example in international ties and become anational treasure, which needs to be conserved over the generations, asan immortal symbol of true internationalism and a treasure for theyounger generations of Jose Marti and Ho Chi Minh, they said./.
