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Deputy minister receives outgoing, new Russian defence attaché

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 19 for outgoing Russian defence attaché to Vietnam Col. Roman Boytsov and new defence attache Col. Govorov Alexey Arkadievich.
Deputy minister receives outgoing, new Russian defence attaché ảnh 1At the reception (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. HoangXuan Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 19 for outgoing Russiandefence attaché to Vietnam Col. Roman Boytsov and new defence attache Col. GovorovAlexey Arkadievich.

Chienrecalled the success of the Russia visit by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phucfrom November 29 – December 2, 2021 and talks between the two defence ministersduring the visit, which he said, made important contributions to furtherreinforcing bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership in which defence tiesplay a pillar role.

He said despite the COVID-19 pandemic, bilateral defencebonds have been further deepened in various areas, notably the exchange of politicaland defence policies, reward for the two ministries’ leaders and officials,personnel training, multilateral activities held by the two ministries,scientific research and military technical cooperation.

The host wished that in any position, Boytsov would continue making active contributions to bilateralties and ties between the two ministries in particular.

He also suggested the new Russian defence attaché Col. Arkadievichwork closely with Vietnamese authorities to effectively realise majororientations and priorities in defence ties set by the two ministers during thetalks on December 1, 2021.

Arkadievich vowed to build on the past achievements ofhis predecessor and partner with the Vietnamese authorities to enhancebilateral defence ties./.

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