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US Secretary of Defence vows to foster cooperative ties with Vietnam

The US will continue fostering cooperation with Vietnam in defence, search and rescue, disaster relief, maritime security, peacekeeping, and war aftermath settlement, said US Secretary of Defence James Mattis.
US Secretary of Defence vows to foster cooperative ties with Vietnam ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh (R) and US Secretary of Defence James Mattis (Photo: VNA)

Washington D.C. (VNA) – The US will continue fosteringcooperation with Vietnam in defence, search and rescue, disaster relief,maritime security, peacekeeping, and war aftermath settlement, said US Secretaryof Defence James Mattis.

Meeting outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh on May25, Mattis affirmed the US’s wish to strengthen cooperative ties with Vietnamin all fields and the country’s support for Vietnam’s strong development,independence and prosperity.

At the meeting, the two officials highly evaluated important strides inthe Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership over the past years, includingbilateral cooperation in security-defence.

Mattis and Vinh also discussed a number of international and regional issuesof mutual concern, as well as the strengthening of relationship between theASEAN and the US, and the maintenance of peace, security and developmentcooperation in the region, including the East Sea issue, thus ensuring maritimeand aviation freedom and security and respect to international law and the UNConvention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS).

Mattis lauded Vinh’s contributions to enhancing the Vietnam-US relationship,including cooperative ties in security-defence.

For his part, Vinh affirmed that Vietnam always treasures thecomprehensive partnership with the US.

He expressed his delight at the growth of bilateral relations over thepast years, especially through mutual visits by leaders of the two countries,including the US visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in May 2017, theVietnam visit by President Donald Trump in November 2017, and the historicalvisit to the US in July 2015 by General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.

Bilateral defence cooperation programmes will continue to be implementedeffectively, especially the outcomes of the US visit in August 2017 byVietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and the Vietnamvisit in January 2018 by US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, said Vinh.-VNA
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