Deputy Minister Chien is accompanying President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his official visit to Cuba.

At the meeting, Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera spoke highly of President Phuc’s visit to Cuba, saying it reaffirms the solidarity and special brotherhood between the two countries at the time when the world is facing challenges caused by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sr. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (L) and Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Alvaro Lopez Miera

Both sides welcomed the outcomes of bilateral defense cooperation in recent years which are in line with documents and agreements signed by the two ministries and commitments made by the countries’ leaders. They particularly spoke highly of results achieved in 2020, highlighting the compilation of a set of documents on the Vietnam-Cuba defense partnership over the last six decades (1960-2020) as an example.

They agreed to further increase delegation exchanges, high-level dialogues and cooperation in defense industry, personnel training, cyber security, military medicine and other areas that both sides have competitive edges and potential.

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The two officials sign a plan for defense cooperation for 2020-2022.

They also agreed to coordinate in responding to the pandemic and soon develop and sign a cooperation plan between the two countries’ military medical forces for the next five years.

Thanking the Cuban Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces for sending medicines and experts to help Vietnam fight COVID-19, Deputy Minister Chien announced that the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense will present 100 tons of corn seeds along with medical supplies and cash, worth around 436,700 USD in total, to its Cuban counterpart.

The Cuban minister also informed that his ministry will donate 150,000 doses of Abdala COVID-19 vaccine and virus treatment medicines to Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense.

At the end of the talks, the two sides inked a plan for defense cooperation for 2020-2022.

Source: VNA