Vietnam, Cuba promote cooperation for mutual development
Havana (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang
held talks with Cuban Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and
Investment Ricardo Cabrisas on April 15 (local time), as part of his visit
to the Latin American country.
The Vietnamese official expressed
gratitude for the sincere and fraternal assistance by Leader Fidel
Castro, Cuban leader generations, and people towards Vietnam in its struggle
for national liberation, construction, and defence.
He affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to the
special relations of traditional solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and
Cuba and will always stand by the side of the brotherly country in the
current context of difficulties and challenges, adding the Vietnamese government is determined to implement projects
supporting Cuba in strengthening agricultural production.
Deputy PM Quang suggested the Cuban government provide
support and create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to invest in
the Latin American nation.
Cabrisas affirmed the Cuban government’s determination to further deepen the Vietnam
– Cuba fraternal relationship, expressing his belief that the visit will contribute to effectively implementing agreements between the two countries’ high-ranking leaders.
He thanked Vietnam for helping maintain a stable commercial rice supply and
assisting Cuba in developing food and seafood production, affirming that cooperation
with Vietnam is of strategic importance in the current context.
The Cuban official highly valued Vietnam’s investment and business projects in Cuba in various
sectors including commerce, industrial infrastructure, construction materials,
essential goods, renewable energy, and agriculture; saying that these have contributed
to stabilising and developing Cuba’s economy.
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Host and guest reviewed bilateral cooperation projects and discussed measures to promote
economic, trade, and investment relations, and to improve the effectiveness of the activities of the Vietnam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee mechanism, as well as collaborative
projects in various fields.
They agreed to continue close coordination in implementing high-level
agreements reached, further enhance the effectiveness of the mechanism
in promoting key cooperation projects, and find solutions to support Vietnamese
businesses in doing business and investing in Cuba.
Earlier, the
41st session of the Vietnam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee took place in
Havana on April 12 - 15, seeking ways to expand and diversify bilateral
economic relations in commensurate with the traditional political relationship
between the two Parties, States, and peoples./.