Vietnam, Russia facilitate bilateral defence cooperation: Minister
The Vietnam – Russia defence relations and military-technical cooperation have always been supported and facilitated by leaders of the two countries to be expanded and deepened across fields, stated Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang on September 4.
Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang (R) and Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Aleksei Iurievich (Photo: qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam – Russia defencerelations and military-technical cooperation have always been supported and facilitated byleaders of the two countries to be expanded and deepened across fields, stated DefenceMinister Gen. Phan Van Giang on September 4.
He made the statement while receiving Russian Deputy Ministerof Defence Aleksei Iurievich, who is in Vietnam to attend the closing ceremonyof the International Army Games 2021’s “Sniper Frontier” and “Emergency Area”competitions hosted by Vietnam.
Highlighting the countries’ traditional friendship, Giangaffirmed Vietnam always values the development of its comprehensive strategicpartnership with Russia as a priority in its policy for external relations.
Since the pandemic broke out, the defence ministries ofVietnam and Russia have assisted each other in prevention and control work intheir respective nation, he noted.
Appreciating Russia’s donation of its Sputnik V vaccine forVietnam in the past time and its commitment to further offering 20 million doses ofthe COVID-19 vaccine this year, the minister hoped more vaccine support willcome particularly amid the current complicated developments of the epidemic inVietnam.
Considering the International Army Games an importantmultilateral activity attracting the participation of many nations, includingVietnam, Giang said the Vietnamese teams have so far earned encouraging resultsand had a chance to exchange experience in military training and weapon use.
For his part, Aleksei Yurievich congratulated Vietnam insuccessfully hosting the two competitions and expressed his wish for Vietnam’sfurther support for the Army Games next year./.
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Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang (R) and Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Aleksei Iurievich (Photo: qdnd.vn) 
