Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence Phan Van Giang had bilateral meetings with participants at the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference (CHOD-20) in Victoria, Canada.(Photo: VNA)
Ottawa (VNA) – Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence Phan Van Giang had bilateral meetings with participants at the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference (CHOD-20) in Victoria, Canada while leading a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army to the event.
Giang met with military leaders of the UK, Australia, Brunei, Canada, the Republic of Korea, the US, New Zealand, Japan and China.
He affirmed Vietnam’s role in the region and the world through multilateral forums on military matters. The Vietnamese delegation also discussed issues of mutual concerns in defence relations with foreign delegations.
Giang’s activities at the event also helped assert Vietnam’s foreign policy of multilateralisation and diversification of relations, as well as its active policy of international integration.
The event ran from September 4-6.-VNA
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