“We are convinced that your visit also marks a milestone in the already important relations between Cuba and Vietnam,” said the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, welcoming the Palace of the Revolution this Friday to General To Lam, Minister of Public Security of the Asian nation.
The head of state, who in his capacity as president of the National Defense Council received the minister dressed in an olive green uniform, confirmed to the visitor the significance of his stay in Cuba, not only in the exchange between the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Ministry of the Interior, but also in the field of bilateral and partisan relations between our governments, parties and peoples.
For us – he said – Vietnam is a brother country; With Vietnam we have a close relationship of brotherhood and friendship. The historical ties that unite us are very strong, he added, which are based on the relationship between Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and Ho Chi Minh, as well as later on the entire bond of continuity that we have had over the years with Vietnamese leaders.
For those of us who belong to my generation, which was born with the Revolution, all of this has profound significance, he commented. We are part of a generation that grew up hearing about the exploits of the Vietnamese people in the fight against Yankee imperialism and many other stories, evoked the Cuban president, who assured that over the years and from the different responsibilities he has held he has been able to feel “the support of Vietnam, the Vietnamese affection towards Cuba, as we Cubans also profess it towards you”.
In detail and in the middle of a relaxed conversation, typical of those that happen between friends, President Díaz-Canel explained to General To Lam details about the current situation in Cuba, where our process of socialist construction is fundamentally oriented towards building each time a fairer society, with greater social justice, he said.
He then spoke about the ferocious campaign to discredit the Revolution that imperialism is carrying out; the economic suffocation with which they have tried to bend our people by tightening the economic, commercial and financial blockade even more; and the way in which, during the most difficult moments of the confrontation with the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the Government of the United States did everything possible so that Cuba did not have access to vital resources.
Creative resistance, assured the Head of State, is what has allowed us to advance in the solution to these problems despite the difficulties. As a clear example of this, he shared with the visitor how, with our talent and efforts, with the participation of our health system, our scientists and the people, we were able to develop a successful strategy to combat the virus: three vaccines and two vaccine candidates, as well as build lung ventilators to supply those who were never allowed to reach Cuba.
After recounting many of these actions implemented in the country over the past three years, the Cuban president assured, once again, that “for us, cooperation and collaboration with Vietnam are very important.”
With the Vietnamese we have the broadest, most honest, most open dialogue, because there is mutual understanding of the problems we have to face, which are the same, he pointed out.
“For this reason, both in the political sphere, as well as in partisan relations, in which we have a high level of dialogue, we agree on our ideas and our positions in international events, we also systematically share a partisan exchange of mutual analysis of experiences,” the president specified.
The Minister of Public Security of that Asian country then spoke of gratitude for the support offered to Vietnam from Cuba, who also ratified the will to continue promoting bilateral ties between the two nations. “In the relationship between the two ministries, in particular, and the relationship between the two peoples, there is no limit that could be a difficulty for this relationship, which is developing and will be more fruitful in the future,” General To The m.
Also present during the friendly dialogue were the member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party and Minister of the Interior, Division General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas; as well as the Vietnamese ambassador to Cuba, Le Thanh Tung, along with members of both delegations.
“For this reason, both in the political sphere, as well as in partisan relations, in which we have a high level of dialogue, we agree on our ideas and our positions in international events, we also systematically share a partisan exchange of mutual analysis of experiences,” the president specified.
The Minister of Public Security of that Asian country then spoke of gratitude for the support offered to Vietnam from Cuba, who also ratified the will to continue promoting bilateral ties between the two nations. “In the relationship between the two ministries, in particular, and the relationship between the two peoples, there is no limit that could be a difficulty for this relationship, which is developing and will be more fruitful in the future,” General To The m.
Also present during the friendly dialogue were the member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party and Minister of the Interior, Division General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas; as well as the Vietnamese ambassador to Cuba, Le Thanh Tung, along with members of both delegations.
(By: Yaima Puig Meneses)