The land border marker planting and upgrading project reflects thespecial friendship and solidarity and comprehensive cooperation betweenVietnam and Laos, making their border cooperation an example for otherneighbouring countries.
Lao Deputy Foreign MinisterBounkeut Sangsomsak made the remark in his interview granted to theVietnam News Agency in Vientiane on July 4.
Hestressed that the celebration for the completion land border markerplanting in the field marks a great milestone in the two countries’relations.
The project is to build a borderline ofpeace, friendship, stability and long-term cooperation, as well asstrengthen mutual trust, security and order along the border, he said.
It also aims to clearly determine the sharedborderline, which is a patrimony for future generations of both nations,he added.
Under the project, Vietnam and Laos upgraded and increased land markers along their entire 2,067-km shared border.
According to the Lao official, the completion of the project willfoster all-level cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, andgradually improve the livelihood of people living in the border areas.
Deputy FM Sangsomsak applauded the two countries’Border Committees, relevant agencies and local authorities to overcomeall difficulties and hardships to complete the project on schedule.
In addition to the field work, the two sides are rushing to completelegal profile and documents for border demarcation by late 2014, headded.
The diplomat called on the two countries’officials and people to together protect the shared border, making it asymbol of the special friendship and solidarity between Vietnam andLaos .
He expressed his deep gratitude to theVietnamese Party, State and people for their support and assistance tothe completion of the border marker planting in the field.-VNA