The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held on Tuesday a telephone conversation with the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, an expression of personal attention and high priority that the leaders of both nations give to the special and close ties of friendship and cooperation that unite us.
The top Vietnamese party leader, after recognizing the efforts and measures we have adopted to implement the agreements derived from the 8th. Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, ratified the invariable support of Vietnam and solidarity with our country.
Comrade Díaz-Canel, for his part, addressed the current situation in Cuba, while denouncing the opportunism of the US government and its disinformation campaign aimed at undermining the constitutional order. The also First Secretary of the Party highlighted the special and exemplary relationship between the peoples, parties and governments of Cuba and Vietnam, guided by the imperishable legacy of Fidel, Raúl and Ho Chi Minh. Likewise, he thanked the Vietnamese permanent solidarity with the Cuban Revolution.
In the current context of confrontation with COVID-19, both leaders agreed that there is potential to continue expanding the exchange and strengthening bilateral collaboration in the health and biotechnology sectors, including Cuban vaccines, an undeniable example of the vocation humanist of both nations and that the response to the call for cooperation and solidarity that these times demand is possible.
Accompanying the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam were comrades Pham Binh Minh, member of the Political Bureau and Deputy Prime Minister; To Lam, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Public Security; Phan Van Giang, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Defense; Dinh Tien Dung, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi; Le Minh Hung, member of the Central Committee Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the Central Committee Office; Le Hoai Trung, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of its Foreign Relations Commission; Bui Thanh Son, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Chancellor; Vu Hai Ha, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the Foreign Relations Commission of the National Assembly of Vietnam; Nguyen Thanh Long, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Minister of Health; Nguyen Huy Tang, First Deputy Chief of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba was accompanied by comrades Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization and Politics of Cadres; Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera, member of the Political Bureau and minister of the FAR; Major General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, member of the Political Bureau and Minister of the Interior; Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, member of the Central Committee and Minister of Public Health; Marcelino Medina González, minister, a.i. Of Foreign Affairs; Ángel Arzuaga Reyes, coordinator of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Party; Dr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of BioCubaFarma, and Alberto Blanco Silva, director of Asia and Oceania of the Minrex.
Taken from Períodico Granma.
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