Indonesia fires cannons to welcome General Secretary To Lam
At Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, a 7-gun salute was fired - a solemn ceremony showing Indonesia's respect for the visit of the General Secretary and his wife.
According to the special correspondent of VNA, at exactly 1:20 p.m. on March 9, the special plane carrying General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, Jakarta, starting a state visit to the Republic of Indonesia and an official visit to the ASEAN Secretariat from March 9-11, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia.
nesia, Chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party Prabowo Subianto, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn.
Welcoming General Secretary To Lam and his wife along with the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation at Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, on the Indonesian side were: Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Vietnam Denny Abdi and many Indonesian officials. On the Vietnamese side, there were: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Indonesia Ta Van Thong and his wife; Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to ASEAN Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, along with many officials of the Embassy and the Vietnamese Delegation to ASEAN.
General Secretary To Lam and his wife stepped down from the plane on the honor carpet, walked between two rows of honor guards, stopped before the national flags of the two countries and bowed; shook hands with Indonesian officials and representatives of the Vietnamese side who came to welcome them.
At Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, a 7-gun salute was fired - a solemn ceremony showing Indonesia's respect for the visit of the General Secretary and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.
This is the first visit by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to Indonesia in nearly 8 years (since August 2017) and is a historic visit, also the first time the General Secretary of Vietnam has visited the ASEAN Secretariat.
The visit took place on the occasion of Vietnam celebrating the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with Indonesia, the first country in Southeast Asia to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1955.
After 70 years, especially after the establishment of the Strategic Partnership (in 2013), cooperation between the two countries has become increasingly comprehensive and extensive; delegation exchanges and high-level contacts take place regularly both bilaterally and in multilateral forums.
The visit also coincided with the 30th anniversary of Vietnam joining ASEAN, a historic milestone in the process of regional and international integration. Vietnam’s contributions are closely linked to ASEAN’s meaningful developments, helping to strengthen the ASEAN Community of solidarity, self-reliance and openness./.
