Chief of theGeneral Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General DoBa Ty made the statement at an opening ceremony of the 15th ASEANChief of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM-15) in Hanoi on November 26.
ACAMM-15, themed “Enhancing coordinating capacity for ASEANarmies to respond to non-traditional challenges”, is held by the VietnamPeople’s Army for the first time.
It aims to foster exchangeand integration, contributing to enhancing solidarity, mutualunderstanding and trust among ASEAN militaries.
General Tyhighlighted that ACMM-15 has become a crucial cooperation mechanism thatworks to deal with common security threats facing the region,especially non-traditional security threats, which have emerged in agreat varieties and left enormous consequences that are incapablytackled by a single country itself.
At the five-day event,participants will discuss measures to promote cooperation among the armymembers to deal with security challenges with a view of contributing tomaintaining the region’s peace and spurring its development as part ofthe efforts to build an ASEAN community by 2015.-VNA