Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’sArmy Nguyen Phuong Nam hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 19 for ColonelWeddy Widya, Deputy Director of the Strategic Study Centre of the IndonesianNational Armed Forces.
SeniorLieutenant General Nam spoke highly of the increasing development of theVietnam-Indonesia traditional friendship.
Particularly,recent visits to Indonesia of General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich contributedsignificantly to tightening the bilateral relations, including defencecooperation.
ColonelWidya underlined that the two countries have enjoyed a sound bilateralrelationship over recent times and informed the Vietnamese host of the resultsof his meeting with the Institute for Defence Strategy of Vietnam under theMinistry of National Defence.
GeneralNam highly valued those outcomes and emphasized that leaders of the GeneralStaff of the Vietnam People’s Army will create favorable conditions for the Institutefor Defence Strategy of Vietnam and the Strategic Study Centre of theIndonesian National Armed Forces to further boost their cooperation.-VNA