Vietnamese, Cuban diplomats hold talks

Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla agreed upon this view at their talks in Hanoi on September 10.

During the talks, they informed each other about the recent situation in their respective country and discussed measures to promote solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and the two foreign ministries as well as comparing notes on regional and international issues of mutual concern.

FM Parrilla expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s tremendous renewal achievements in all aspects and hailed the Vietnam-Cuba cooperation in international organizations and multilateral forums such as the UN, Non-Aligned Movement and the East Asia- Latin America Cooperation Forum.

“Cuba places importance on Vietnam’s solidarity and consistent support given to it in recent years.” he noted.

FM Binh Minh affirmed Vietnam’s recognition of high importance to the traditional and fraternal ties and across the board cooperation between the Parties, States and peoples of Vietnam and Cuba so as to deepen cooperation between the two nations bilaterally and multilaterally.

The two diplomats agreed that the Vietnam-Cuba fraternal relations, solidarity and cooperation continued to be consolidated, making remarkable progress through the results achieved during the official visit to Cuba by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in March 2014.

They suggested the Intergovernmental Committee for economic,scientific and technological cooperation improve the efficiency of bilateral cooperation, especially in potential areas like trade, agriculture, oil and gas, biotechnology, medicine - pharmaceuticals, construction, telecommunications, electronic equipment manufacturing and consumer goods production.

The two sides also consented to launch celebratory activities honouring the 55^th anniversary of diplomatic relations (1960-2015), thereby tightening solidarity and traditional friendship between the two peoples.