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[Hour by hour news & analysis... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . .Iraq determined to boost co-operation: President Saddam Hussein Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has affirmed that the Iraq's leaders and people are determined to further develop the country's friendship and multi-faceted co-operation with Vietnam. President Hussein made this statement when speaking with Vietnamese Vice State President Nguyen Thi Binh at a reception during the latter's four-day official visit to Iraq from March 14. The Iraqi President hailed the visit by Vice President Binh as an important milestone in a new page of friendship and co-operation between the two countries and peoples. He expressed his admiration for Vietnam's past struggle for national independence and its achievements in the current process of national renovation and construction. Vice President Binh conveyed best regards and wishes from Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, President Tran Duc Luong, and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to President Hussein and the people of Iraq. "Vietnam supports the Iraqi people's struggle for an end to the current embargo and protests an expanded war against the country," Mme Binh affirmed. She expressed her belief that the visit to Iraq would further promote the fine friendship and co-operation between the two governments and peoples. Mme Binh and her entourage also called at a number of cultural and socio-economic establishments where they could see how the Iraqi people were struggling to overcome difficulties caused by the embargo. Earlier, Vice President Binh held talks with her Iraqi counterpart, Taha Yassin Ramadan. She attended the opening of the 16th session of the Vietnam-Iraq Intergovernmental Committee for Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technical Co-operation. At the session, the two sides informed each other of the situation in all fields in their respective countries and exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interest. They reviewed the implementation of the minutes of the 15th session and the two countries' multi-faceted co-operation in recent time. They discussed the orientation and measures to boost the multi-faceted and time-honoured co-operation between Vietnam and Iraq in the coming period. A number of agreements on co-operation in commerce, industry, agriculture and construction were signed at the end of the session. Vietnamese Charge d'Affaires Do Huu Phuong joined the delegation's activities. The delegation also included Le Huy Ngo, minister of agriculture and rural development and chairman of the Vietnamese section to the Intergovermental Committee; Nguyen Manh Kiem, minister of construction; and other senior officials. Experts from ministries and business people of the two countries held working sessions and signed co-operation contracts during the visit. Vice President Binh and her entourage left Iraq for New Delhi on March 17 for an official visit to India. (VNA) **** --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
