Minister Phan Van Giang conveyed the regards of President Vo Van Thuong to President Droupadi Murmu. On this occasion, Minister Phan Van Giang sent his condolences and deepest sympathies to the victims and relatives of those affected in the recent serious railway accident in the Indian state of Odisha.

Minister Phan Van Giang paid a courtesy call to Indian President Droupadi Murmu.

Minister Phan Van Giang affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to consolidating and developing the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with India, which was founded by President Ho Chi Minh and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and has been diligently cultivated by generations of leaders and people of the two countries. Since the official establishment of diplomatic relations, the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries have always been of interest and promoted by leaders of both sides and are developing strongly, increasingly expanding in many fields and going into depth, bringing practical benefits to the people of the two countries, in which the Vietnam-India defense cooperation has been of interest and promoted, becoming an important pillar in the overall comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Minister Phan Van Giang informed President Droupadi Murmu of the results of his previous talks with Minister Rajnath Singh. Accordingly, the two sides agreed to evaluate the results of defense cooperation in the past and the direction of defense cooperation in the future. Minister Phan Van Giang expressed his hope to receive the attention and active support of President Droupadi Murmu so that the two countries' defense ministries can further promote the friendly relationship, understanding and mutual trust.

President Droupadi Murmu welcomed the official visit to India by Minister Phan Van Giang and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, affirming that the visit will further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. Appreciating the results of the talks between the two defense ministers, President Droupadi Murmu emphasized that the bilateral defense relationship continues to develop positively, with practical and effective cooperation, making an important contribution to the cooperative relationship between the two countries.

*During his official visit to India, Minister Phan Van Giang laid wreaths at the Ho Chi Minh Monument and the National War Memorial in New Delhi; visited the Defense Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Defense of India.

Minister Phan Van Giang and the delegation laid wreaths at the Ho Chi Minh Monument.

Minister Phan Van Giang also visited and encouraged the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in India. Vietnamese Ambassador to India Nguyen Thanh Hai informed the Minister about the preliminary situation of Vietnam-India relations in recent years.

Minister Phan Van Giang and the delegation visited and encouraged the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in India.

Speaking to the officers and staff of the Embassy, ​​the Minister informed about some aspects of the socio-economic situation in the country, as well as about defense diplomacy in general and Vietnam - India defense diplomacy in particular.

*During the visit of Minister Phan Van Giang, the Navy Commanders and Air Force Commanders of the two countries had separate meetings to specify the content of cooperation.

NGOC HA (from New Delhi, India)