At the talks between Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich on December20 held talks with his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh, who is here for aworking visit from December 19-22 and to attend the 30th All-PeopleDefence Festival and 75th founding anniversary of the VietnamPeople’s Army.
At the event, Lich affirmed that the Cambodian minister’s visit is important toreview the results of the cooperation between the two defence ministries during2015-2019 and pen roadmap for the following years.
Both sides shared the view that defence cooperation has practically benefitedboth sides and become a pillar in the bilateral relations of the two countries inthe past years, with competent agencies joining hands to fully carry out theprotocol on defence collaboration during 2015-2019, and the cooperative plan in2019 between the two defence ministries.
They particularly highlighted the political education, describing it as asignificant factor to promote the good neighbourliness between the two peoplesand armies, ensure security and safety in border areas, defeat all sabotageplots and activities of hostile forces to harm the Vietnam-Cambodia friendship,and complete cooperative mechanisms, including the defence policy dialogue atthe deputy ministerial level.
In addition, the two armies have intensified their partnership in logistics,technology and defence industry, while the search and repatriation of remainsof Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Cambodia bore good results.Besides, more attention was paid to high-quality human resources training tomeet requirements of the armed forces in each nation in the new developmentphase.
In the coming time, the two sides agreed to step up communications to raise theyouths’ awareness of the friendship and solidarity between the two peoples andarmies, and work to prevent hostile forces from undermining the solidaritybetween the two nations, among others.
Both ministries will continue improving efficiency of their cooperativemechanisms, especially the defence policy dialogue, shaping up cooperativecontents, and enhancing delegation exchanges at all levels.
They will work together to ensure security and safety along the sharedborderline, improve quality of military education training, and promote thesearch and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and expertsduring war time in Cambodia.
General Lich and General Tea Banh signed a protocol on cooperation during 2020– 2024 and a cooperative plan for 2020 between the two defence ministries./.
VNA
