Indonesian Delegation Arrives in Hanoi (FBIS, 16 Sep 1963)

=== [PDF page 1] === INDONESIAN DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HANOI Hanoi VNA in English to Europe and Asia 1316 GM 16 September 1963--B (Text) Hanoi, 16 September--The parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Indonesia landed at Gia Lam Airport, Hanoi, at 1710 hours amid prolonged cheers, applause, and waving of flags and hands from nearly 3,000 Hanoians, As they alighted from the special plane, Minister and Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament. M,H. Lukman, head, and the members of the delegation wére greeted by Truong Chinh, chairman, Hoang Van Hoan, Tran Dang Khoa, Nugyen Xien, and Dr. Nguyen Van Huong, vice chairmen of the National Assembly standing cotimittee of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and others. The distinguished guests were introduced to Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi, Political Bureau member of the Vietnam Workers Party Central Committee; Pham Van Bach, president of the DRV Supreme People's Court; Hoang Van Tiem, vice minister for foreign affairs; Dr. Tran Duy Hung, mayor of Hanoi; Pham The, DRV consul general in Djakarta; representatives of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and of its member organizations, including the Afro-Asjan Solidarity Committee, the Vietnam Indonesia Friendship Association, the Buddhists and Catholics corimunities; and Vietnamese National Assembly deputies now present in Hanoi. Indonesian Consul General in Hanoi and Mme, Mohammed Ali Mursid and other diplomatic envoys to the DRV were also present. The airport was decorated with Vietnamese and Indonesia flags and lined with large streamers reading: "Long live the solidarity and friendship between the Vietnamese and Indonesian peoples!” "Warm greetings to the parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Indonesia headed by Minister and Deputy Speaker M,H. Lukman!" beaming, red-scarved Young Pioneers and Vietnamese and Indonesian womem presented the honored guests with bouquets.. Greeting the Indonesian messengers of peace and friendship, Vice Chairman Hoang Van Hoan, in his speech on behalf of the DRV National Assembly, expressed the confidence that the present visit of the Indonesian parliamentary delegation "will cement and further develop the existing friendship between our two peoples, and further strengthen the Solidarity among the Asian and African nations and the forces struggling against imperialism and defending world peace." Deputy Speaker M.H, Lukman thanked the Vietnamese National Assembly, government, and people for their warm and friendly reecéption. He conveyed the Indonesian people's best greeting to the entire Vietnamese people, === [PDF page 2] === He said that the aim of the delegation's visit to Vietnam was "to foster, tend, and develop the existing friendship between the Indonesian and Vietnamese people” which was greatly consolidated and developed by the recent visits of "Pahman Ho" to Indonesia and "Bung Karno” to Vietnam.