Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. General Nguyen Tan Cuong (right) hosts visiting Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force General Izutsu Shunji in Hanoi on June 28. (Photo: VNA)With the Vietnam – Japan strategic partnership growingstrong, the bilateral defence ties have seen steady development and made acritical pillar of the two countries’ relations, said Cuong, who is also Chiefof the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA).
He highlighted the Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperationsigned between the two countries in 2018, saying it has been helping lift thebilateral defence partnership to anew height.
He also highly spoke of the assistance provided by theJapanese Ministry of Defence in capacity building to Vietnam that has helpedenhance competency and skills of Vietnamese troops and strengthen mutualunderstanding between the two sides.
The Vietnamese officer asked for continued support fromShunji to further boost collaboration between the two forces in a practicaland sustainable way, matching the potential of the bilateral ties.
He pledged that Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence andthe VPA’s General Staff will provide enabling conditions for both countries tofully implement what they had agreed.
General Shunji, for his part, vowed to do his utmost to step up the further growth of the two forces./.
VNA
