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Vietnam, Cambodia look to deepen defence cooperation

Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on July 23 suggested Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence direct its military units to effectively implement annual protocols, cooperation plans and agreements signed between the two countries’ high-ranking officials and defence ministries.
Vietnam, Cambodia look to deepen defence cooperation ảnh 1Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen. Tea Banh (R) and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh (Source: VNA)

PhnomPenh (VNA) - Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on July 23 suggested Cambodia’sMinistry of Defence direct its military units to effectively implement annual protocols,cooperation plans and agreements signed between the two countries’ high-rankingofficials and defence ministries.

In a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen. TeaBanh in Phnom Penh, Vinh conveyed regards of Vietnamese Defence Minister NgoXuan Lich to the host and briefed him on theresults of the Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue atthe deputy ministerial level.

For his part, Tea Banh highlighted the significance of thedialogue in the context of complicated development of regional and global security.

He thanked the Vietnamese Defence Ministry for its organization of activitiesto mark 42 years of “the path tooverthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime” of Cambodia in Binh Phuoc province.

He asked the two sides to further enhance cooperation, towards deepeningdefence relations between the two countries.

Earlier, the 4th Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue at the deputyministerial level took place in Phnom Penh under the co-chairmanshipof Vinh and Gen. Neang Phat, Secretary ofState at the Cambodian Defence Ministry.

The two sides discussed international and regional security and politicalsituation, cooperation of the ASEAN DefenceMinisters’ Meeting (ADMM) and ASEAN DefenceMinisters’ Meeting Plus (ADMM ), and reviewed defence cooperation betweenthe two countries as well as proposed measures to expand the ties in the comingtime.

Vietnam and Cambodia agreed on the commonperception of strategic issues affecting the security and politics of the twocountries, and affirmed that the two sides should strengthen bilateral defenserelations, as well as maintain and promote their comprehensive friendship andcooperation.

The two sides agreed to strengthen coordinationin effectively implementing the contents of the annual Protocol and CooperationPlan, with a focus on promoting security and political cooperation in themilitary, countering destructive allegations of hostile forces on socialnetworks.

They will upgrade the border defence exchange mechanisminto the defence ministry level, and continue their coordination in preserving friendshipmonuments, and well cooperate in organising border rescue exercises and borderfriendship exchanges between their border guard forces.

Both sides agreed that the defence policy dialoguemechanism is an important channel to build a common perception of regionalsecurity issues, and to build defence cooperation orientations between the twonations./. 
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