President lauds Vietnam-Cambodia security ties

President Tran Dai Quang lauded effective collaboration between Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry and Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs as well as their cooperation plan for 2017.
President lauds Vietnam-Cambodia security ties ảnh 1President Tran Dai Quang (L) welcomes Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Samdech Sar Kheng (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –President Tran Dai Quang lauded the effective collaboration between Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry and Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs as well astheir cooperation plan for 2017 during a meeting with Cambodian Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of Home Affairs Samdech Sar Kheng in Hanoi on January 9.

The President said that the two ministries’ thriving tiesreflected the comprehensive and effective affiliation between Vietnam andCambodia in protecting the national security and social order and safety ineach country, contributing to strengthening peace and stability in the regionand the world.

He expressed hope that the two sides will continue fosteringtheir partnership in both depth and width, while supporting each other infulfilling all tasks assigned by their Parties, States and people.

The State leader spoke highly of Cambodian Government’s consistentpolicy of not allowing any hostile forces to use its territory to harm peace,security and stability of other countries, and any extremist forces to incitenational enmity.

He thanked the Cambodian side for its support for Vietnamesepeople in Cambodiato stabilise their lives, as well as its cooperation in border demarcation andborder marker planting, thus building a shared borderline of peace, stability andfriendship.

He also affirmed the Vietnamese Party, State and people’sthankfulness to the Cambodian people for their support in the past struggle forindependence as well as the current national construction.

President Quang also expressed belief that Cambodia willsuccessfully organise the election of delegates to the commune/ward election and in 2017 and the parliament election in 2018, thus building acountry of peace, stability and prosperity.

For his part, Samdech Sar Kheng said that in order toimplement cooperation between the two countries more effectively, Cambodia hasplanned to hold a conference on the development of localities along the Vietnam-Cambodiaborder. At present, his country is discussing the idea with Vietnam, headded.

The Cambodian Deputy PM said that his visit is a good chanceto express his sincere gratefulness to the Party, State and people of Vietnam forsaving Cambodian people from the genocidal catastrophe caused by the KhmerRough regime.

Without the victory on January 7, 1979, the Cambodian peoplehave no happiness today, he stated.-VNA
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