In the spirit of a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam asks the Republic of Korea (RoK) to take proper perception, respect the historical truth and encourage substantive and effective acts in order to deal with war consequences, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on March 9.
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – In the spirit of acomprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam asks the Republic of Korea (RoK)to take proper perception, respect the historical truth and encourage substantiveand effective acts in order to deal with war consequences, the VietnameseForeign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on March 9.
Such moves are expected to contribute to consolidatingand strengthening the friendship and good cooperation between the two countriesand their peoples, she continued.
Hang made the statement while answering the query on Vietnam’sresponse to the information about the RoK government’s appealing a courtorder regarding the massacre in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam in1968, at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi.
“We are very regretful that the RoK governmentappealed the court ruling. This has failed to reflect the objective fact of thematter,” she said.
Vietnam advocates shelving the past and looking towardthe future, but that does not mean denying the historical truth, the deputyspokesperson stressed.
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Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang (Photo: VNA) 
