Vietnam sends congratulation message to Vatican’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs

12/12/2014

On December 2, Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs Department Phạm Bình Minh sent a congratulatory message to Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vatican.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, an Englishman with 60 years of age, will replace Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, who served as Minister of the Holy See’s Relations with States in the past eight years.©

The Archbishop is regarded as an experienced diplomat as he has served several terms in diplomatic missions overseas including the Council of Europe.

Source chinhphu.vn