The visit was led at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and his wife, President of Angola Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço and his wife.
VNA reported that the official delegation accompanying Politburo member and President Luong Cuong and his wife Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet included Politburo members: Phan Dinh Trac, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission; Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense; members of the Party Central Committee: Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Le Khanh Hai, Head of the Office of the President; Nguyen Kim Son, Minister of Education and Training; Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung, Deputy Minister of Public Security.
The delegation also included comrades: Nguyen Huy Tien, Director of the Supreme People's Procuracy; Phan Chinh Tam, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Nguyen Minh Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Phan Thi Thang, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade; Vo Van Hung, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment; Nguyen Huy Dung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Egypt; Duong Chinh Chuc, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Angola; Duong Quoc Hung, Assistant to the President.
President Luong Cuong's visit is an important foreign policy event of special significance, demonstrating his commitment to creating a breakthrough, elevating relations, strengthening political trust and further deepening traditional friendship, thereby creating momentum, opening a new phase of cooperation, especially in economics and trade between Vietnam and Egypt and Angola as well as other African countries.
Egypt and Angola are countries with important roles and positions, and are the leading economies in the African region. Egypt has a very important geopolitical position, is one of the most influential countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Arab world, and is the headquarters of the Arab League.
Angola is currently the President of the African Union of 54 member states, a key force at the United Nations and multilateral forums.
This visit of the President not only affirms the close relationship, the iron and equal relationship was formed and fostered during the period of national liberation struggle, but also an opportunity for Vietnam and the two countries of Egypt and Angola to exchange directions and measures to bring the relationship to a new height in a more substantial, effective and sustainable direction, meeting the needs of development and international integration in the new situation of each country.
