The meeting between Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam (second, right) and Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (first, right) on February 15 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Public Security Gen.To Lam paid a courtesy call to Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah in BandarSeri Begawan capital city on February 15.
Welcoming the delegation of the VietnameseMinistry of Public Security, the Sultan of Brunei said their visit will helpenhance the two countries’ cooperation, especially between his country’s lawenforcement agencies and the Vietnamese ministry.
He spoke highly of the outcomes of the talksbetween Minister To Lam and Maj. Gen. Awang Halbi bin Mohd Yussof, SecondMinister of Defence and Chairman of the National Security Committee of Brunei.
The Sultan expressed his hope that the two sideswill continue strengthening cooperation in the fields they have strength in,especially fighting against transnational crimes, terrorism, drug crime,cybercrime, and economic crime.
For his part, Minister To Lam said he hopes theSultan will keep supporting and directing Brunei’s law enforcement agencies tobolster ties with the Vietnamese ministry in safeguarding national security andcombating crimes.
He also called on the two countries to soonbuild an action programme for implementing their comprehensive partnership,which was set up during the Sultan’s visit to Vietnam in March 2019.
Besides, they should continue supporting eachother and coordinating their stances at international forums, particularly theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations.
Vietnam and Brunei should also actively consulteach other and cooperate with other ASEAN nations in the East Sea issue towardsseriously implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) in theEast Sea and building an effective, substantive and binding code of conduct(COC) in the waters that ensures interests of the parties concerned and accordswith international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of theSea, the official added.
During his stay in Brunei, Minister To Lam andhis entourage also had a meeting with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in thecountry./.
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