• Submitted by: manso
• International
• 11 / 30 / 2010

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HANOI — The traditional friendship and co-operation shown between the parties, governments and peoples of Viet Nam and Cuba will be strengthened and developed further, said Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, while emphasising the historical significance of 50 years of bilateral diplomatic ties at a talk on the fraternal solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between both countries in Ha Noi yesterday.

The Cuban Ambassador to Viet Nam, Fredesman Turro Gonzalez, stressed that the relationship between Cuba and Viet Nam had remained strong over five turbulent decades with bilateral friendly and fraternal ties based on mutual trust and assistance
as well as a consensus on politics.

Themed "Viet Nam-Cuba traditional friendship over the past 50 years," and "Viet Nam-Cuba relations in the new era", the participants discussed and recalled the help the Cuban people provided Viet Nam during its struggle for national liberation and socialism.

The participants highlighted achievements made in bilateral relations and co-operation in various areas such as politics, trade, science-technology and culture.

The relationship had set an example in international ties and become a national treasure, which needed to be preserved over the generations as an immortal symbol of true internationalism and a treasure for the younger generations of Jose Marti and Ho Chi Minh, they said. — VNS

Source: http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/Politics-Laws/206208/Fifty-years-of-links-w...