During a meeting with Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi on November 25, the head of the group of PT deputies, Pedro Vazquez Gonzalez, announced the Mexican Labour Party’s decision to offer the statue to the city, affirming this act shows the PT and Mexican people’s deep admiration for the great leader of the Vietnamese people.

For his part, Mr Nghi described the gift from the PT and the Mexican people as a symbol of solidarity between the two parties and two peoples, and thanked the PT and the Mexican people for their support for Vietnam’s previous struggles for national liberation.

Mr Nghi expressed his belief that the PT will gain more victories in its struggle for justice and pledged to further boost ties of friendship and cooperation between the two parties and two countries.

The same day, Mr Gonzalez attended a ceremony to present the statue of Ho Chi Minh at the office of the Hanoi City People’s Committee, where he highlighted the great values of Ho Chi Minh thought on the revolutionary developments in Vietnam and over the world.

On November 24, the PT delegation met with its Communist Party of Vietnam counterpart, headed by Hoang Binh Quan, who is chief of the Central Commission for External Relations. The two sides exchanged views on international and regional issues of mutual concern and discussed measures to promote cooperative relations between the two parties and two peoples.