The working session in Hanoi on January 4 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Lao Embassy in Vietnam, theVietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, and the Vietnam - Laos FriendshipAssociation had a working session with the Hanoi Capital High Command onJanuary 4.
The event took place on the occasion of 77 years since the establishmentof the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944 - 2021) and the 72nd founding anniversary of the Lao People’s Army (January 20, 1949 - 2021).
Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang said overthe last 45 years, despites rapid and complex developments in the region andthe world, the great friendship, faithful and pure solidarity, and comprehensivecooperation between Vietnam and Laos, built and nurtured by late Presidents HoChi Minh, Kaysone Phomvihane, and Souphanouvong and upheld by generations ofthe two countries' leaders, revolutionaries, and people, have become a priceless asset ofboth nations.
It is the decisive factor in every success of each country’srevolution, and it has not faded away but continued to be enhanced bothextensively and intensively in all aspects, according to him.
The diplomat considered the working session as ademonstration of the close-knit ties and special solidarity between theVietnamese and Lao armies and peoples, expressing his hope that the countries’younger generations will keep treasuring and promoting these relations.
At the session, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Quoc Duyet, Commander ofthe Hanoi Capital High Command, affirmed that the high command always adheresto the Vietnamese Party and State’s foreign policy, which attaches specialimportance to relations with Laos.
He highlighted Vietnam’s consistent viewpoint of bringinginto play the special solidarity and friendship with Laos and wish that Laos willfirmly safeguard its independence, sovereignty, and stability and develop moreand more strongly.
Duyet noted over the past five years, the high command has organisedmany working visits to Laos and also welcomed delegations of Lao military officers.
Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the two sides have also heldphone talks to share experience in the disease prevention and control, whichhas helped strengthen connections between the Hanoi Capital High Command andthe Vientiane Capital Military Command, thus contributing to overall relationsbetween the two armies and peoples, he added./.
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