Vietnamese Minister of PublicSecurity Gen. To Lam and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of Interior SamdechKrolahom Sar Kheng co-chaired the event.
Looking back on cooperation resultslast year, the officials said the two sides maintained sharing informationabout the international and regional situations related to their countries’national security and social order and safety, supported each other atinternational and regional forums, and coordinated to guarantee security andsafety for important political events in each country, including the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related summits in Cambodia.
Vietnam also actively put forthcoordination programmes and plans to crack down on crimes, especially in thetwo countries’ border provinces.
In 2022, despite certain difficultiescaused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the two ministries’ police forces boostedcooperation in crime prevention and control such as exchanging information and verifyingrequests related to criminals on international wanted lists via INTERPOL,ASEANAPOL, the diplomatic channel, specialised departments, and the police forcesin border provinces, thereby obtaining some significant results in crime fight.
Wrapping up the conference, theVietnamese and Cambodian officials signed the cooperation plan for 2023 betweentheir ministries./.