Politburo member, HCMA President receives delegations from the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor

Politburo member and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan and Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva, Member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) and former Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, at their meeting in Hanoi on June 9

Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva, Member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) and former Prime Minister of Timor-Leste were on working trips to Vietnam, during which they attended a seminar on the role of Southeast Asian political parties in building the ASEAN Community, held within the framework of the third ASEAN Future Forum (AFF), which took place in Hanoi from June 7–9.

Assoc, Prof, Dr. Doan Minh Huan said the meeting served as vivid evidence of the strong friendship and cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Fretilin, as well as between Vietnam and Timor-Leste.

Mr Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s dynamic development in recent years and voiced his confidence that the country would continue to achieve further successes in the near future.

Mr Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva highly valued Vietnam’s initiative in organising the seminar, describing it as a practical activity that enabled political parties to exchange experiences, deepen mutual understanding, and make meaningful contributions to the building of a people-centred ASEAN Community.

The head of the Fretilin delegation said Vietnam serves as a model for Timor-Leste to follow. He stressed that Fretilin attaches great importance to and wishes to strengthen its traditional friendly ties with the CPV, while also seeking to learn from Vietnam’s experience in building an independent and self-reliant economy and attracting foreign investment.

Overview of the event

Assoc, Prof, Dr. Doan Minh Huan emphasised that Vietnam always values its friendship and cooperation with Timor-Leste and the country’s major political forces, including Fretilin. He highly appreciated Fretilin’s historic role in Timor-Leste’s struggle for national independence, as well as in the cause of national development and construction.

He expressed his confidence that Fretilin would continue to make positive contributions to Timor-Leste’s stability and sustainable development, as well as to peace, cooperation, and development within the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)./.