Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Prague on January 18 afternoon (local time) for Chairman of the Czech-Viet Nam Friendship Association Milos Kusy as part of his official visit to the European country, VNS reported.
PM Chinh said he was pleased to meet Kusy and friends who have close connections with Viet Nam. He affirmed that the Vietnamese people always appreciate the sentiments, and valuable support and wholehearted help of the Czech people for Viet Nam in the past struggle for national independence and reunification as well as in the current process of national construction and development.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the Czech – Viet Nam Friendship Association Milos Kusy. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac |
Appreciating the activities of the Czech–Viet Nam Friendship Association and Kusy himself for supporting the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, as well as their activities to connect the people of the two countries, PM Chinh affirmed that the Vietnamese State always supported and created favorable conditions for the association to continue to operate and stand side by side with the Vietnamese people.
Informing Kusy and the Czech friends about the socio-economic situation of Viet Nam, PM Chinh said that his visit to the Czech Republic this time aimed to strengthen the traditional friendship between Viet Nam and the Czech Republic in all fields and further tighten the friendship between the two countries’ people.
He proposed the association to continue supporting and promoting the Viet Nam-Czech relationship to make it more profound, substantive, and effective.
Thanking PM Chinh for his reception, Kusy recalled PM Pham Van Dong's visit to the Czech Republic in 1957 with many important milestones. He believed that PM Chinh's visit to the Czech Republic this time would open a new phase in the relationship between the two countries.
Expressing his admiration for Viet Nam's outstanding development, Kusy said that the association had coordinated very closely with the Vietnamese Embassy and associations of Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic and the Viet Nam- Czech Friendship Association, thus contributing to promoting the Viet Nam-Czech relations in general and between ministries, branches, and localities of the two countries.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents a gift to Chairman of the Czech–Viet Nam Friendship Association Milos Kusy. VNA/VNS Photo Duong Giang |
Kusy proposed Viet Nam coordinate with the Czech Republic to promote people-to-people exchanges, creating conditions for the people of the two countries to better understand each other's country, people, and culture, including building a Viet Nam culture center in the Czech Republic.
He affirmed that the Czech – Viet Nam Friendship Association would do its best to stand side by side with Viet Nam in the process of developing and cultivating relations between the two countries.
Agreeing with the proposal of Kusy, PM Chính said he would assign the Foreign Ministry and relevant ministries and agencies to research and build a Vietnamese culture center in the Czech Republic.
Source: VNA
