Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The third Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogueat the deputy ministerial level was organised in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, onDecember 21.
Vietnam’sDeputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh and Secretaryof State at the Cambodian Defence Ministry Neang Phat co-chaired the event.
Thetwo sides shared views on the issues affecting the stability and peace of bothVietnam and Cambodia, reviewed the outcomes of bilateral defence relations, andagreed on cooperation orientations in the future.
Theyagreed that the two countries have coordinated well in realising the Protocoland Plan on cooperation between the Defence Ministries. The border managementand protection work was implemented actively, while the search for andrepatriation of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died inwartime in Cambodia made progress.
Aprotocol on cooperation in regular search and rescue in land border areas wasalso signed.
Regardingcooperation orientations for 2018, both sides reached a consensus onintensifying high-level meetings, maintaining regular information exchanges,and continuing collaboration in political and ideological education anddissemination on the traditional friendship between the two countries and theirarmies.
Theyvowed to strengthen coordination between border management and protectionforces in order to safeguard each country’s sovereignty and territorialintegrity.
Thepriority will be given to boosting cooperation in the defence industry andcoordinating in search and rescue operations in border areas to realise theprotocol signed this year.
Afterthe dialogue, representatives from the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command and theCambodian National Committee for Maritime Security signed an agreement to setup a hotline between the two offices.
Earlieron the day, Vinh offered incense to martyrs at the Vietnam-Cambodia FriendshipMonument, and paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Healso had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister TeaBanh.-VNA
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Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh (Source: VNA) 
