Party chief receives Cuba’s senior delegation

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong receives Roberto Morales Ojeda, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and the Council of State of Cuba (L),  Ha Noi, September 27, 2018

At the reception, on behalf of the Party  State, and people of Viet Nam, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong thanked the Party and State of Cuba for sending condolences over the demise of President Tran Dai Quang, and especially for sending their delegation to attend the funeral of the late Vietnamese State leader.

He said Cuba’s high-ranking officials paying their last respects to and writing on the funeral book at Vietnam’s diplomatic representative offices indicate the special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba.

Mr. Trong assured that Vietnamese Party, State, and people will do their utmost to join hands with their peers to deepen the exemplary fraternity, traditional friendship, all-around cooperation and faithful solidarity between the two Parties, States and people of Vietnam, and Cuba founded by President Ho Chi Minh and leader Fidel Castro

In turn, Roberto Morales Ojeda sincerely conveyed the heartfelt condolences of the Cuban Party, State, and people to their counterparts over the passing of President Tran Dai Quang. 

He highly valued the contributions made by President Quang to Viet Nam’s national defence and construction, adding that the President is a great, close friend of Cuba who had worked to promote the special bond between the Parties, States, and people of the two nations. 

He affirmed high regard for the President’s warm sentiments towards Cuba, recalling that Quang was the last foreign leader to meet with Fidel Castro in November 2016, not long before the Cuban leader’s death. 

                                                                                                                    By Vien Nhu