Canadian Ambassador honoured with friendship insignia
Out-going Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul has been honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia for her valuable contributions to consolidating and promoting the mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Canada.
President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga (R) presents the insignia to Out-going Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Out-going Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul has been honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations" insignia for her valuable contributionsto consolidating and promoting the mutual understanding, friendship andcooperation between Vietnam and Canada.
Ata ceremony held in Hanoi on February 16, President of the Vietnam Union ofFriendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga said manyimportant events in the relationship between the two countries took placeduring the Canadian diplomat’s tenure in Vietnam, especially the 45th founding anniversaryof diplomatic relations in 2018 which marked the fruitful and sustainable developmentof the bilateral relations.
Ambassador Deborah hasplayed an important role in arranging high-level meetings, phone talks, and exchanges of letters between the two countries’ leaders, and in calling for support for Vietnamat regional and international forums, especially when Vietnam performed its role as the ASEAN Chair 2020,a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and for Vietnam'sstance in dealing with disputes in the East Sea, she stressed.
The diplomat has alsomade contributions to promoting cooperation between Vietnam and Canada in allfields from politics - diplomacy to economy, trade, security - defence, health,education - training, humanitarian aid, cultural and people-to-people exchange,Nga noted.
She thanked Deborah for her cooperation with and support for Vietnam, expressing her hope that regardless of her position, the Canadian diplomat will continue topay attention to and make more contributions to the bilateral friendship andcooperation, contributing to deepening the comprehensive partnership betweenthe two countries.
For her part, Deborah pledged that she will continueto contribute to promoting the friendship and cooperation between her countryand Vietnam./.
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President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga (R) presents the insignia to Out-going Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul (Photo: VNA) 
