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Vietnam, New Zealand boost defense ties

New Zealand’s Chief of the Defense Force Air Marshal Kevin Short on July 17 hosted a reception for Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, in Wellington.
Vietnam, New Zealand boost defense ties ảnh 1A welcome ceremony is held for

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defense in Wellington.(Photo: qdnd.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – New Zealand’s Chief of the Defense ForceAir Marshal Kevin Short on July 17 hosted a reception for Senior LieutenantGeneral Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’sArmy and Deputy Minister of National Defence, in Wellington.
In their talks, the two officials expressed their delight at the active, intensive, and practicaldevelopment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and New Zealand, inline with signed agreements, contributing to peace, stability, and commondevelopment of the two countries, and of the region and the world.
Both sides highlighted the effective implementation of thebilateral defence ties to meet each side’s needs and strengths based on thememorandum of understanding on defence cooperation signed this year.
They agreed that despite the huge impacts of the COVID-19pandemic, the two ministries have maintained high-level contacts atministerial and deputy ministerial levels and defencecooperation dialogue, and defence consultation mechanisms via virtual format.
In addition, the two countries’ militaries have pro-activelyparticipated in multilateral cooperation mechanisms such as the Western PacificNaval Symposium (WPNS) and Experts’ Working Groups within ASEAN DefenseMinisters’ Meeting Plus (ADMM ), thus joining hands with other countries touphold regional and global peace, stability and development.
Based on the two countries’ strategic partnership, the two sidesagreed that there is ample room for bilateral defence ties to develop.
Vietnam, New Zealand boost defense ties ảnh 2At the talks. (Phto: qdnd.vn)
To bolster the cooperation between the Vietnam People’s Army andthe Defense Force of New Zealand, the two sides were unanimous to concentrateon such fields as exchange of all-level delegations and contacts,consultation-dialogue mechanisms, personnel training, and UN peacekeeping.
They also agreed to consider the expansion of fields in which bothsides have demand and capability such as cyber security, military medicine,cooperation between training facilities, defense industry. In addition, bothsides reached an agreement on strengthening consultations and cooperation atmultilateral mechanisms to which both countries are members, particularly the ADMM ’s Experts’ Working Groups, to improve Vietnam’s international integrationin terms of defence and reinforce the ASEAN - New Zealand strategicpartnership.
In the afternoon of the same day, theVietnamese Chief of the General Staff visited the New Zealand Command and StaffCollege./.
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