Former Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Khoan shakes hands with Cuban leader Fidel Castro. — Photo courtesy of Vũ Khoan HÀ NỘI — Former Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Party’s Central Committee Vũ Khoan recounted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs his memories on the beginning of the Việt Nam-Cuba friendship, which has been marked by loyalty and affinity, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations (December 2, 1960 – December 2, 2020). Below are Vũ Khoan’s full remarks. “Our generation never forgets the feeling of utmost excitement when hearing about the triumph of the Cuban Revolution just as Việt Nam’s struggles against the American aggression to liberate the country entered a new chapter. I have not been in charge specifically of Việt Nam-Cuba relations but I have had the good fortune to have been able to meet a number of high-level leaders of our comrade country. In 1960, when I was working at the Vietnamese embassy in Moscow, Việt Nam’s Government asked the then-ambassador Nguyễn Văn Kỉnh to make contacts with Cuban ambassador in the Soviet Union (now the Russian Federation) to start talks on the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. I accompanied the ambassador… Read full this story
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