Vietnam, Laos Defence Ministers hold talks in Hanoi
WVR/VNA - On December 7, Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang welcomed Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Laos Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath as part of activities to mark the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.
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| Defense Minister Phan Van Giang received Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Chansamon Chanyalath at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense on the afternoon of December 7, 2022. (Photo: Minh Quan) |
During talks in Hanoi following the welcoming ceremony, Minister Giang expressed his belief that under the leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), the Lao people will fulfil goals in the Resolution adopted by the LPRP’s 11th National Congress and the ninth five-year national socio-economic development plan.
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Minister Chanyalath said it is his first visit since the LPRP’s 11th National Congress and aims to foster the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive partnership between the two countries in various areas, including national defence.
Both sides shared the view that the two Ministries’ units had effectively held activities during the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022, making contributions to further deepening the special solidarity between the two countries and armies.
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| Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Laos Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath hold talks. (Photo: WVR/Minh Quan) |
They has also effectively implemented the 2022 cooperation plan with positive results in communication work, exchange of delegations, national defence, border management and protection, personnel training, health check-ups and treatment.
Regarding the 2023 cooperation plan, the two sides will focus on Party and political work, defence, border management and protection; logistics, technology; exchange of delegations, personnel training and health check-ups and treatment.
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| Vietnam, Laos Defence Ministers hold talks in Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Laos Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath and Lao delegation. (Photo: WVR/Minh Quan) |
Accordingly, priority will be given to building and ensuring the progress of two village clusters in Houaphanh and Phongsaly provinces according to a plan approved by the two Prime Ministers, as well as personnel training, exchange and twinning for mutual support, ties between the Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian armies based on the outcomes of the meeting of their defence ministers in September, and support for Laos to hold ASEAN army and defence conferences.
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| Vietnam, Laos Defence Ministers hold talks in Hanoi: Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang and Vietnamese delegation. (Photo: WVR/Minh Quan) |
Concluding their talks, the two ministers signed the 2023 cooperation plan and witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on legal cooperation in military and defence between the two Defence Ministries.
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| The high-ranking delegation of the Lao Ministry of Defense and the Vietnamese side took a photo. (Photo:VNA) |
(Source: WVR/VNA)
