The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, yesterday July 27, held a telephone conversation with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, an expression of the personal attention and high priority that leaders of both nations afford the close ties of friendship and cooperation that unite us.
The Vietnamese party leader recognized the efforts and measures the Cuban party has adopted to implement agreements reached during its 8th Congress and reiterated Vietnam's unwavering support of and solidarity with our country.
Comrade Díaz-Canel, for his part, addressed the current situation in Cuba, denouncing the opportunism of the U.S. government and its disinformation campaign intended to undermine the constitutional order here. He highlighted the special and exemplary relationship shared by the peoples, parties and governments of Cuba and Vietnam, guided by the enduring legacy of Fidel, Raul and Ho Chi Minh, and expressed his gratitude for Vietnam’s unwavering solidarity with the Cuban Revolution.
In the current context marked by the COVID-19 battle, the two leaders agreed that the potential exists to continue expanding trade and strengthening bilateral collaboration in the health and biotechnology sectors, including Cuban vaccines, an undeniable example of the humanist vocation of both nations and evidence that a response to the call for cooperation and solidarity demanded by the times is possible.
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam was accompanied by comrades Pham Binh Minh, Political Bureau member and Deputy Prime Minister; To Lam; Political Bureau member and Minister of Public Security; Phan Van Giang, Political Bureau member and Minister of Defense; Dinh Tien Dung, Political Bureau member and Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi; Le Minh Hung, Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Secretariat member and head of the Office of the Central Committee; Le Hoai Trung, Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee member and head of its Foreign Relations Commission; Bui Thanh Son, Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee member and Chancellor; Vu Hai Ha, Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee member and head of the Foreign Relations Commission of the National Assembly of Vietnam; Nguyen Thanh Long, Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee member and Minister of Health; Nguyen Huy Tang , First Deputy Head 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, Political Bureau member and Secretary for Organization and Cadre Policy; Army Corps General Alvaro Lopez Miera, Political Bureau member and Minister of the FAR; Major General Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, Political Bureau member and Minister of the Interior; Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, Central Committee member and minister of Public Health; Marcelino Medina González, interim minister of Foreign Affairs; Ángel Arzuaga Reyes, coordinator of the International Relations Department of the Party's Central Committee; Dr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of BioCubaFarma, and Alberto Blanco Silva, director for Asia and Oceania at the Foreign Ministry.
