
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a receptionin Hanoi on May 8 for Director of Israel’s Defence Export and CooperationAgency (SIBAT) Mishel Ben Baruch, who is on a working visit to Vietnam to seekways to strengthen bilateral defence ties.
Stressing positive development in theVietnam-Israel defence relations, Senior Lieutenant General Vinh showed hishope that the SIBAT delegation’s visit will help enhance the ties.
He affirmed that the Vietnamese DefenceMinistry’s leaders will create all favourable conditions for the delegation tomeet and seek cooperation opportunities with Vietnamese partners in line with Vietnam’slaw.
He suggested both sides speed up collaborationin education, training, search and rescue missions, and defence industry.
For his part, Baruch informed the host ofthe outcomes of his working session with representatives from the VietnameseDefence Ministry’s Department of Foreign Relations.
The Israeli side is willing to boost defencecooperation with Vietnam, especially in education-training, search and rescuemissions and defence industry, he affirmed.-VNA