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Defence minister hails Thailand’s role in ASEAN defence cooperation

Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich hailed Thailand’s role in promoting defence cooperation among ASEAN member states at his meeting with Thai Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan in Bangkok on July 10.
Defence minister hails Thailand’s role in ASEAN defence cooperation ảnh 1Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich (L) and Thai Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan (Source: VNA)

Bangkok (VNA) - Defence Minister General NgoXuan Lich hailed Thailand’s role in promoting defence cooperation among ASEANmember states at his meeting with Thai Defence Minister General PrawitWongsuwan in Bangkok on July 10.

Lich is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEANDefence Ministers’ 13th Meeting (ADMM-13) in Bangkok.

During the meeting, he congratulated Thailand on its successful organisation ofthe general election and establishment of the new government.

Heexpressed his belief that under the reign of King Rama X and the newgovernment’s administration, Thailand will continue to stably develop and the bilateralcooperation will be more effective and practical.

Minister Lich also congratulated the Thai Ministry of Defense on successfullyorganizing a series of defense-military meetings, stressing that he believes thenext events organized by Thailand will contribute to maintaining solidarity andtaking its leading role promoting military-defense cooperation within ASEAN.

Vietnam supports Thailand’s initiatives during its term as the Chair of ASEAN,including discussion of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the roleof armed forces and defense agencies; a draft of ADMM initiatives to ensuresubstantive cooperation; the role of defense agencies and armies of ASEANmember nations in supporting border management.

For his part, Prawit thanked Vietnam for itssupport for his country as the Chair of ASEAN, affirming that Thailand willstrongly support Vietnam to assume the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020.

The Thai new government will continuously attach importanceto strengthening cooperation with Vietnam across fields, including defencebond, he stressed.

The Ministers agreed that the two sides should fully tap existing cooperationmechanisms and further promote ties in logistics, peacekeeping, tackling post-war bomb and mine consequences, military medicine, and law enforcement atsea.

Regarding multilateral cooperation, the two sides agreed to coordinate,strengthen consultations, and support each other in multilateraldefense-military mechanisms that the two sides are members. -VNA
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