BEIJING — Xi Jinping, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, visited the Vietnam embassy in China on Saturday to mourn the passing of the secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee. Nguyen Phu Trong.
In the embassy’s condolence room, in front of a portrait of Trong were wreaths of flowers sent through Xi and members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Ding Xuexiang. Wreaths were also sent through the CPC Central Committee, the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the Central Military Commission, the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and the Ministry of Education. Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, Beijing Municipal Government and corresponding people’s organizations.
Xi approached Trong’s portrait, paused for a moment of silence before bowing three times before the portrait and wrote a message with his signature in the e-book of condolences.
Praising Trong as a staunch Marxist and a great leader of the CPV and the Vietnamese people, Xi said Trong has been fully loyal to the CPV and the country, the Vietnamese people and the cause of socialism in Viet Nam, and is deeply committed to the cause of socialism in Viet Nam. respectable and admired by the party, the army and the rest of the people of Viet Nam.
Xi recalled that over the past decade, he and Trong have maintained close contacts and developed deep camaraderie, and last year they jointly announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a strategically China-Vietnam network with a shared future, a milestone in relations. bilateral.
“The passing of Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong has deprived us of a promoter of China-Vietnam relations and a companion for the cause of socialism, and we are deeply saddened,” said Xi.
He said Trong’s remarkable contribution to the relations between the two parties and the two countries, as well as to the cause of the global socialist movement, will be remembered.
Xi pushes for the CCP and the Chinese government to firmly adhere to the CPV to unite and guide the Vietnamese people on the path of socialism that suits Vietnam’s national conditions.
He believes that under the corporate leadership of the CPV Central Committee, the Vietnamese people will be able to transform their sorrows into strength and continue to make greater progress in the cause of reform, opening-up and construction. socialist, Xi said.
It firmly believes that China and Viet Nam will continue to work together to make deep and solid progress in building the China-Viet Nam destiny network.
Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai said that the fact that General Secretary Xi came here to express his condolences and that the CPC Central Committee quickly sent a message of condolence to the CPV Central Committee reflected the wonderful importance of the CCP and the Chinese government. to the relations between the two parties and the two countries, as well as to the special emotions that General Secretary Xi feels for Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong.
Vietnamese people are deeply moved and deeply grateful, the ambassador said.
Noting Trong’s wonderful importance to relations with China and making enormous efforts and contributions to the progress of Vietnam-China friendship, Mai said the Vietnamese aspect will carry forward Trong’s legacy.
Mai said Vietnam will implement the vital consensus reached through the senior leaders of the two parties and countries, adhere to the strategic selection and more sensible precedent of achieving friendly cooperation with China for Vietnam’s foreign policy, and advance in building a network with an unusually long-term strategic importance between Vietnam and China.
Cai Qi, Wang Yi and Chinese officials attended the condolence activities.