Vietnamese, Cuban diplomats discuss ways to enhance comprehensive partnership

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son

During their phone talks on May 7, Vietnamese FM Son congratulated the success of the eighth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) from April 16-19 and the Cuban Foreign Minister on his re-election as a Politburo member.

He said he hopes that the two foreign ministries would continue working closely together to further tighten bilateral friendship and collaboration moving forward.

Son reiterated Vietnam’s unwavering policy of staying united with Cuba and strongly supporting the United Nations General Assembly’s resolutions requesting an end to embargo on Cuba.

In response, Parrilla  thanked Vietnam for providing invaluable support for Cuba over the past years and spoke highly of Vietnam’s role as rotating President of the United Nations Security Council in January 2020 and April 2021.

The two sides consented to deliver on commitments reached by the two nations’ leaders, including those made during phone talks on May 5 between Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the CPC Miguel Diaz-Canel, facilitate high-level visits when conditions allow, firstly maintaining all-level exchanges via phone talks and teleconferences amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

They will optimize existing cooperation frameworks and mechanisms to improve the efficiency of bilateral economic, trade and investment ties while implementing bilateral agendas 2021, including intensifying the sharing of information, experience and consultations on issues of shared concern, and offering mutual support at international organizations and multilateral forums to which  the two countries are members.