General Secretary and President To Lam arrives in Havana, beginning a state visit to the Republic of Cuba.

According to the special correspondent of VNA, at 9:45 p.m. on September 25 local time (morning of September 26 Hanoi time), General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife, along with a high-ranking delegation of our country, arrived at Jose Marti International Airport in the capital city of Havana, starting a State visit to the Republic of Cuba at the invitation of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez and his wife.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Roberto Morales Ojeda welcomed General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife at José Martí International Airport in Havana. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

Welcoming General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife along with the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam at Jose Marti airport, on the Cuban side were Politburo member Roberto Morales Ojeda - Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba; Alvaro Lopez Miera - Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas - Minister of the Interior; Emilio Lozada Garcia - Head of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. In addition, there were Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen and a number of officials from the Foreign Relations Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba. On the Vietnamese side, there were Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long and officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba. The honor guard stood along both sides of the red carpet, the national flags of the two countries fluttering to welcome General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife along with the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to the heroic island of freedom in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. This is Comrade To Lam's first visit to Cuba as General Secretary and President, and Cuba is one of the first countries that Comrade General Secretary and President To Lam has visited. Taking place in the context of the two countries celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (December 2, 1960 - December 2, 2025), the visit is a testament to the traditional solidarity and special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba that has always been considered a valuable asset that has been nurtured by the Parties, States and peoples of the two countries, while demonstrating Vietnam's high regard for Cuba and Cuba's position in Vietnam's foreign policy.

In an interview with the press ahead of the visit, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung said that through the visit, Vietnam affirms its desire to continue to inherit and promote the valuable legacy of relations between the two countries, on the solid foundation pioneered by President Ho Chi Minh and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro. During the visit, General Secretary and President To Lam is expected to attend the official welcoming ceremony; hold talks and meetings with key Cuban leaders; lay flowers at the statues of President Ho Chi Minh and Cuban national hero Jose Marti; visit a number of economic establishments, including those with cooperation and investment projects of Vietnamese enterprises; and meet with friends and young generations of the two countries.

Hoai Nam (Vietnam News Agency) / Baotintuc.vn

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/chinh-tri/tong-bi-thu-chu-tich-nuoc-to-lam-den-la-habana-bat-dau-tham-cap-nha-nuoc-cong-hoa-cuba-20240926093232074.htm