Acting President greets former Mozambican President
Vietnam always attaches importance to its relations with Mozambique, and considers the country a priority cooperation partner of Vietnam in Africa, Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh told former President of Mozambique Armando Emilio Guebuza.
Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (R) and President of Mozambique Armando Emilio Guebuza (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam always attaches importance to its relations withMozambique, and considers the country a priority cooperation partner of Vietnamin Africa, Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh told former President ofMozambique Armando Emilio Guebuza.
During a reception for Armando Emilio Guebuza in Hanoi on September 28, ActingPresident Thinh thanked the guest forcoming to the State funeral of President Tran Dai Quang, and also conveyed sincerethanks to the State and people of Mozambique for assigning the former Presidentto Vietnam to pay tribute to Quang, who passed away on September 21.
Sheaffirmed that this is vivid evidence for the close and strong relations betweenVietnam and Mozambique for over the last 40 years.
She congratulated the Mozambican people on new achievements in the nationalconstruction and economic development in recent years, affirming that Vietnamappreciated the role and position of Mozambique in Southern Africa inparticular and in Africa in general.
Acting President Thinh wishes Mozambique successful local elections in October,which will be the premise for the successful organisation of the presidentialand parliamentary elections in 2019, saying that the success of elections willbe important for the Mozambique people to achieve greater achievements in thefuture.
She also thanked Mozambique for supporting Vietnam’s candidacy as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council inthe 2020-2021 tenures, and suggested the two countries continue to closelycooperate and support each other in multilateral forums.
She called on the Mozambican Government to continue creating favourableconditions for the Vietnamese community to live and do business in the country,towards tightening the friendship between the two nations’ people.
The Acting President also suggested the two sides maintainthe exchange of delegations, especially those at high levels, in the time tocome, saying that Vietnam looks forward to welcoming Mozambique PresidentFilipe Nyusi to visit the Southeast Asian country.
For his part, Armando Emilio Guebuza extended deep condolences from PresidentFilipe Nyusi and Mozambican people to the State and people of Vietnams, and praisedthe contributions made by the Vietnamese President to the Mozambique-Vietnamrelationship.
He said he believes that the State and people of Vietnam will soon overcomethis difficult time and continue achieving greater achievements in the nationalconstruction and development.-VNA
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Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (R) and President of Mozambique Armando Emilio Guebuza (Source: VNA) 
