During his official visit to Vietnam, the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau held talks with General Secretary and President To Lam; met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
On the afternoon of September 8, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his wife left Hanoi, successfully concluding his official visit to Vietnam from September 5 to 8 at the invitation of General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife.
Seeing off the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) were Head of the Office of the President Le Khanh Hai; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang; Vietnamese Ambassador to Morocco and Guinea-Bissau Le Kim Quy; and a number of officials from the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During his official visit to Vietnam, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló attended the official welcoming ceremony and held talks with General Secretary and President To Lam.
On this occasion, the two leaders witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a political and diplomatic consultation mechanism between the two foreign ministries and the Memorandum of Understanding on agricultural cooperation between the two ministries of agriculture and rural development. General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife hosted a solemn reception for President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his wife.
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló also had meetings with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
At the talks and meetings, the Vietnamese leaders warmly welcomed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló's official visit to Vietnam, the first Head of State-level delegation exchange between the two countries since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973; expressed confidence that, following the delegation exchanges, cooperation and mutual support between the two countries in recent times, this visit by President Umaro Sissoco Embaló would contribute to creating new momentum for the good traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
On this occasion, the Vietnamese leaders thanked Guinea-Bissau for sending a delegation to Vietnam to attend the funeral and express condolences on the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, an outstanding leader of the Vietnamese people, demonstrating the friendship and sincerity between the two countries and peoples and the respect of the State and people of Guinea-Bissau for the late General Secretary.
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló once again expressed his deep condolences on the passing of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; and thanked the General Secretary, President, State and People of Vietnam for the warm and respectful reception given to the delegation.
The President expressed his admiration for Vietnam's revolutionary cause, national construction and development, and shared that this great cause and outstanding leaders such as President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap were the inspiration for the national liberation movement in Guinea-Bissau and Africa.
The President said he had named a high school in Guinea-Bissau after President Ho Chi Minh; affirmed that he considered Vietnam a model for developing countries in Africa in general and Guinea-Bissau in particular.
The leaders of the two countries informed each other about the situation in each country and expressed satisfaction with the positive results in bilateral relations in the context of Vietnam and Guinea-Bissau celebrating the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations in 2023.
On that basis, the two sides discussed and proposed directions to further enhance the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation in the coming time. During the visit, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló visited the Institute of Food Crops and Food Plants in Hai Duong and had a number of other activities./.
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