Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with Co-ordinator General of the Cuban Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR) Carlos Rafael Miranda Martinez in Hanoi on February 17.

Martinez thanked the Vietnamese Party, State and people for their valuable support and assistance to Cuba and congratulated Vietnam on the tremendous achievements in its renewal process for national construction and development.

He briefed the Party leader on the results of earlier talks between the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the CDR, as well as the recent positive changes in Cuba's socio-economic situation after nearly a year of implementing its sixth National Party Congress resolution.

Mr Martinez expressed his wish that relations between the two Parties and countries and between the VFF and CDR will be further enhanced in the future.

Vietnamese Party leader Trong highlighted the success of the Communist Party of Cuba's sixth Congress in April last year and the Party's national conference last January.

He thanked the Cuban Party and people for their support for Vietnam and also informed his guest of Vietnam’s current situation and the content of the Vietnamese Party Central Committee's fourth conference affirming Vietnam's determination to consolidate the relationship and cooperation between the two countries to improve their substance and effectiveness.

Earlier the same day, Mr Martinez also held talks with VFF President Huynh Dam.

The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two Committees with a focus on stepping up public communication about the solidarity and traditional friendship between Vietnam and Cuba.