Vietnamese defence delegation visits Cuba

VGP – Chief of General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang has visited Cuba at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Alvaro Lopez Miera.

At a meeting, Mr. Giang reiterated that the Vietnamese Party, State, people and army remember the support and wholehearted friendship the Cuban Party, Government, people and the Cuba Revolutionary Armed Forces has provided Viet Nam over the years.

 

Vietnamese leaders, people and armed forces keep in mind President Fidel Castro’s saying “For Vietnam, we are ready to shed our blood,” showing the great support of the Cuban Party, State, people and armed forces for the Vietnamese people at the most difficult time of the Vietnamese liberation war, he said. 

In turn, Gen. Miera lauded the Vietnamese delegation’s visit, describing it as an evidence of the loyal friendship between the two armies.

The visit will help foster defence cooperation between the two countries, he said.

 

                                                                                                                                    By Vien Nhu