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| General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, welcomed General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia. (Photo: Tuan Viet) |
The official visit of General Tea Seiha took place in the context of the good neighborly relationship, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, long-term sustainability between Vietnam and Cambodia, which is constantly developing in all fields. In the overall relationship between the two countries, bilateral defense cooperation is increasingly deepening, effective and substantive, and is one of the important pillars.
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| General Phan Van Giang and General Tea Seiha review the Vietnam People's Army Honor Guard. (Photo: Tuan Viet) |
Immediately after the welcoming ceremony, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense and General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia co-chaired the talks.
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| Overview of the meeting. (Photo: Tuan Viet) |
Speaking at the talks, General Phan Van Giang warmly welcomed General Tea Seiha on his first official visit to Vietnam in his capacity as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia.
On behalf of the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense, General Tea Seiha thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense for supporting the development of the Royal Cambodian Army as it is today, believing that the visit will create momentum to bring the defense relations between the two countries to new heights, contributing to further deepening the friendly and traditional relationship between the two countries in general and the two armies in particular.
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| General Phan Van Giang speaks at the meeting. (Photo: Tuan Viet) |
Congratulating the 70th anniversary of National Day and Traditional Day of the Royal Cambodian Army (November 9, 1953 - November 9, 2023), Vietnamese Minister of National Defense, General Phan Van Giang emphasized that under the leadership of the Cambodian People's Party over the past 70 years, Cambodia has achieved important domestic and foreign achievements, especially the victory of the Cambodian People's Party in the election of the 7th National Assembly (July 2023).
The General believes that under the leadership of the Cambodian People's Party, headed by Party President Hun Sen, and the governance of the country by the Government, headed by Prime Minister Hun Manet, Cambodia will achieve even greater achievements in the coming time.
Speaking at the meeting, General Tea Seiha thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense for congratulating the CPP on its victory in the 7th National Assembly election, as well as the achievements Cambodia has made in recent times. General Tea Seiha affirmed that he will continue to inherit and promote the achievements that previous generations have created and nurtured the relationship between the two countries and the two armies.
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| General Tea Seiha speaks at the meeting. (Photo: Tuan Viet) |
At the talks, the two sides assessed that over the past time, the defense cooperation between the two countries has achieved many positive results, continuing to be one of the important pillars in the relationship between the two countries. Exchanges of delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones, have been maintained effectively; defense cooperation mechanisms have been established and actively implemented, developing bilateral defense relations in both breadth and depth. Border management cooperation has been effectively implemented by the functional forces of both sides, contributing to preventing free migration, illegal border crossing, cross-border crimes, maintaining security and order in border areas; continuing to implement border demarcation and marker planting, building a peaceful, stable, cooperative and developing border.
Cooperation in training, coaching, experts, searching and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers... continues to be promoted and achieves many substantive results.
In the coming time, the two sides agreed to strengthen coordination, continue to effectively implement the Protocol for the 2019-2024 period and the annual cooperation plan, bringing defense cooperation to a new level, actively contributing to the good development of good neighborly relations, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability between Vietnam and Cambodia.
The two sides will focus on the following areas: exchanging delegations at all levels; training human resources; promoting propaganda and education for officers and soldiers of the two countries' armies on the traditional friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the people and armies of the two countries; enhancing coordination in preventing and combating cross-border crimes, illegal border crossings, and illegal immigration; continuing to consult and support each other in multilateral military-defense forums and conferences.
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| The two groups took a souvenir photo. (Photo: Tuan Viet) |
Close coordination to successfully organize the first Border Defense Friendship Exchange between the three countries of Vietnam - Cambodia - Laos and the Annual Meeting between the three Defense Ministers in December. This is an event of great significance, affirming the political determination of the three countries and three Armies in preserving and strengthening the friendship and solidarity between the three countries of Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia.
On this occasion, General Phan Van Giang respectfully invited Minister Tea Seiha and leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and the Royal Cambodian Army to attend the 80th Anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army and the Second Vietnam International Defense Exhibition at the end of 2024.
Minister Tea Seiha happily accepted the invitation and emphasized that he will continue to contribute to promoting and inheriting the achievements of previous generations.
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