
Hanoi (VNA) – Kamal Malhotra, UN ResidentCoordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ResidentRepresentative in Vietnam, lauded the country’s contributions to UNpeacekeeping operations at a meeting on September 5.
At the meeting with Deputy Defence MinisterNguyen Chi Vinh in Hanoi, Malhotra said UN organisations are ready to helpVietnam’s peacekeepers to improve their skills.
They are also willing to help the country builda long-term strategy for deploying peacekeepers to UN missions and promote itsrole in UN peacekeeping operations, he added.
Sen. Lt. Gen. Vinh said after sending officersto UN peacekeeping operations, Vietnam is preparing for the deployment of alevel-2 field hospital and a military engineering unit, reiterating theVietnamese Government and army’s commitment to UN peacekeeping activities.
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He also partly attributed those positiveoutcomes to support from UN organisations.
Vietnam wants to join the UNDP and the UN indeveloping this relationship, the officer noted.-VNA