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Party leader affirms Vietnam’s will
to broaden links with Cuba
HANOI, March 8.— Nong Duc Manh, general secretary of
the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV), affirmed his
country’s will to broaden links with the island
during an audience with Fernando Remírez de Estenoz,
member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of
Cuba and head of the International Relations
Department at the CPV headquarters, PL reports.
He
expressed his satisfaction that, despite the U.S.
blockade and other difficulties, Cuba has been able
to advance in diverse sectors.
He
recalled how Vietnam also had to confront many
difficulties, from natural disasters – six typhoons
hit the nation during 2006 – to plagues and
epidemics, but still the nation had made tremendous
efforts and managed to achieve an economic growth of
8.2%.
He
confirmed that today the CPV and the Vietnamese
government have clearer objectives and lines on how
to advance the country toward socialism with greater
stability.
During the amicable encounter, Remírez de Estenoz
described the current political panorama in Latin
America, in which popular, progressive and left-wing
movements has achieved substantial advances. In
several countries, the governments – with the
support of the people – have overwhelmed years’
worth of neoliberal policies, he reflected. For this
reason, it is important that Vietnam today
strengthens its relations with Latin America, he
added. |
