(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife on Friday met with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife, who are in Hanoi to attend the state funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets Lao Party General Secretary |
The PM emphasized that during Nguyen Phu Trong’s lifetime, he always paid great attention to preserving, constantly consolidating and developing the special traditional relationship between Vietnam and Laos.
Chinh also thanked Sisoulith’s wife for her touching letter to the wife of General Secretary Trong.
On behalf of the Party, State and people of Laos, the Lao leader expressed his deepest condolences to the Party, State and people of Vietnam as well as to the family of the Vietnamese Party chief.
The Lao leader said Laos always remembers the great, important and valuable contributions of General Secretary Trong in consolidating and nurturing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries' Parties, States and people over the past time.
At the meeting, the two leaders discussed ways to boost bilateral ties in the coming time and cooperation at multilateral forums.