Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (R) and his Japanese counterpart Tsuchimichi Akihiro at the meeting in Phnom Penh on May 17 (Photo: People's Army Newspaper) The officials expressed their delight at their countries’growing extensive strategic partnership in all aspects, including defence.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, bilateral defenceties have still been maintained and promoted, particularly in delegationexchange, military medical, personnel training, UN peacekeeping, and mutualsupport at multilateral forums, they noted.
The two deputy ministers agreed that Vietnam and Japan willcontinue enhancing concrete and substantive cooperation with a focus onincreasing all-level mutual visits, addressing war aftermath through projects using the Japanese Government’s official development assistance andnon-refundable aid, improving maritime law enforcement capacity, consultingwith and supporting each other at multilateral forums, and working closelytogether to fulfil their role as co-chairs of the ADMM-Plus experts’ workinggroup on peacekeeping operations for 2021 - 2023.
After the ADMM on May 17, the ADMM Plus will take place inPhnom Penh on May 18 with the participation of senior officials from the 10ASEAN countries and eight partners, namely Russia, the US, India, China, Japan,the Republic of Korea, Australia, and New Zealand./.
VNA
