Hanoi (VNA) - State President Luong Cuong had meetings with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in New York on September 23 (local time) on the sidelines of the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80). In their meeting, President Cuong and PM Zhelyazkov highly valued the long-standing traditional friendship between the two countries and expressed satisfaction with the positive developments in bilateral cooperation in recent years. State President Luong Cuong meets Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. (Photo: VNA)Meeting with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President Cuong commended the positive progress in Vietnam–Portugal relations. The Portuguese President welcomed Vietnam’s decision to open an embassy in Portugal and thanked the Vietnamese Government for facilitating Portugal’s plan to establish an embassy in Vietnam soon.