Official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to India
On the morning of November 20, the official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation was solemnly held at the Indian Presidential Palace according to State protocol.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presided over the welcoming ceremony. Attending the welcoming ceremony on the Indian side were Minister of Home Affairs Sushil Kumar Shinde, Minister of Petroleum M.Veerappa Moily, Minister of Aviation Ajit Singh; Minister of Foreign Affairs Salman Khurshid, representatives of the leaders of New Delhi city; Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Head of the Diplomatic Corps in India.
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| Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomes General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Tri Dung – VNA |
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General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was moved to write in the Memorial's Guestbook: "In memory of Mahatma Gandhi - Outstanding leader - Indian national hero - World cultural celebrity. His name, career, personality and ideas on non-violent struggle, peace, progress and social justice will forever be imprinted in the hearts of the great Indian people, lasting forever in human history."
On the same morning, at the Leela Palace Hotel, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid to pay his respects and report on the program of activities of the visit.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his pleasure in returning to visit the beautiful and hospitable country of India; thanked the Government and people of India for the warm, sincere and respectful welcome given to the General Secretary and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation. The General Secretary highly appreciated and thanked the Indian agencies, including the very important role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for their efforts and active coordination with Vietnamese agencies to carefully prepare for the visit; wished and believed that the visit would be a great success.
Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid was delighted to welcome the General Secretary on a state visit to the Republic of India; affirming that the visit is an important milestone in the bilateral relationship, a strong driving force to promote cooperation between Vietnam and India, especially in economics, trade, investment and defense and security cooperation.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed the positive developments in the relationship between the two countries on the basis of political trust and many similarities, agreed to increase delegation exchanges at all levels, expand cooperation in potential areas, and emphasized the importance of cooperation in economics, trade, investment, defense and security. The General Secretary highly appreciated the results of the 15th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Commission on Economic, Trade and Scientific Cooperation chaired by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries last July, setting out specific plans to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation; hoped that the governments, ministries and sectors of the two sides would make efforts to implement and promote the results of high-level agreements, the Action Program 2013-2015 as well as cooperation documents signed during this visit; I hope that the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister himself will continue to make positive contributions to deepening the strategic partnership between Vietnam and India./.
According to VNA