Vietnamese Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh held talkswith visiting Ukrainian Defence Minister Salamatin Dmitry Albertovich inHanoi on Sept. 13 on issues relating to the global, regional and eachcountry’s situations, as well as cooperation results between the twoministries and cooperative directions in the future.
General Phung Quang Thanh said that Minister Albertovich’s visit toVietnam makes a positive contribution to boosting the two countries’cooperative-friendly relationship, opening up a new development forVietnam-Ukraine defence ties.
Minister Albertovichsaid the cooperation between Vietnam’s and Ukraine’s Armies hasbeen developed, but was not matched with each country’s potentials anddemands. He suggested that the two sides should speed up exchanges, workout specific orientations in order to lift bilateral defence relationsto a new height, more effectively and practically.
The two ministers agreed that the two armies need to focus cooperationon the areas that they have capacity and demand, including all-leveldelegation exchange, training cooperation and experience-sharing onmilitary construction.-VNA