Deputy PM Trần Lưu Quang (right) talks to Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria Laid Rebiga at the meeting in Hà Nội on Thursday. VNA/VNS Photo

 HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang on July 25 received Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria Laid Rebiga, who is in Vietnam to attend the funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The Algerian minister said he had handed over a letter of condolences from President Abdelmadjib Tebboune to President Tô Lâm, and expressed deep sorrow at the death of the Party leader, who has a prominent place in the heart of Vietnamese and Algerian people.

He laid stress on the significance of his visit to Việt Nam, noting that Algeria attaches importance to the traditional friendship and cooperation with Việt Nam and wishes to promote bilateral ties across the board.

 Deputy PM Quang thanked Algerian leaders and people for their sympathies and emphasised that General Secretary Trọng is an outstanding leader of the Vietnamese people, who has left many legacies including in external affairs.

He affirmed that Việt Nam consistently follows the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance and attaches importance to the friendship and cooperation with traditional friendly countries in Africa, particularly Algeria.

The Deputy PM proposed that the two sides actively prepare for the exchange of high-ranking delegations in the time ahead, with a view to opening a new chapter, a new period in bilateral ties, while continuing to effectively maintain existing cooperative mechanisms, including the inter-governmental committee and political consultation at deputy foreign ministerial level.

Quang also urged that the two countries continue to coordinate closely and support each other at international forums for the goal of peace and development for every nation, region and the world as a whole. VNS