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Vietnam-India scientific webinar seeks ways to deepen defence ties

The Ministry of National Defence’s Institute for Defence Strategy (IDS) and India’s Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) on June 7 jointly held a webinar to seek ways to deepen the ties between the two countries in the coming time.
Vietnam-India scientific webinar seeks ways to deepen defence ties ảnh 1Director of the Institute for Defence Strategy Maj. Gen. Vu Cuong Quyet chairs the webinar from Hanoi. (Photo: mod.gov.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of National Defence’sInstitute for Defence Strategy (IDS) and India’s Centre for Land WarfareStudies (CLAWS) on June 7 jointly held a webinar to seek ways to deepen theties between the two countries in the coming time.

The event was co-chaired by IDS Director Maj. Gen. VuCuong Quyet and CLAWS Director V.K. Ahluwalia.

The two sides exchanged views on regional andinternational issues of mutual interest and highly spoke of the strong andsustainable growth and the effectiveness of the Vietnam-India ComprehensiveStrategic Partnership.

They discussed policies and measures to reinforce the bilateralrelations in the future, while emphasising practical moves made by the twocountries to show support for each other amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maj. Gen. Quyet said the Vietnam – India relations havegrown constantly despite impacts of COVID-19, with security-defence remainingone of the pillars of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The webinar provides the two sides a chance to find waysto boost the bilateral defence cooperation, taking into account each nation’ssituation, he said.

Ahluwalia, for his part, hailed the Government of Vietnam’smeasures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with the major contributionfrom the Vietnam People’s Army. He voiced his belief that the two countries’defence ties will continue to expand in the coming time./.
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