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VN’s high-ranking military officers visit Laos

A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led by Lieut. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, Head of VPA’s General Department of Politics, began a four-day official friendly visit to Laos on Oct. 16.
A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led byLieut. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, Head of VPA’s General Department of Politics,began a four-day official friendly visit to Laos on Oct. 16.

The visit is being made at the invitation of Lieut. Gen. SengnouaneSayalat, Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General PoliticalDepartment of the Lao People’s Army.

The visit aims tostrengthen and develop the traditional friendship, special solidarity,comprehensive cooperation and mutual trust between the Parties, States,armies and people of the two countries.

It is also seen asa step to realise policies on military and defence cooperation whichwere approved by leaders of the two Parties and States during theofficial friendly visit to Laos by Vietnamese Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong in June, 2011, and the official friendly visit toVietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasonein August./.
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