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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia. (Source: VNA) |
On the afternoon of November 13, at the Government headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia, who is visiting and working in Vietnam.
Welcoming Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Tea Seiha and the Royal Cambodian Army delegation on an official visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Cambodia's National Day, which is also the anniversary of the founding of the Royal Cambodian Army, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated Cambodia on the important achievements it has made over the past 70 years. The Prime Minister believes that Cambodia will continue to gain even greater achievements in building a peaceful, stable and prosperous Cambodia.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam and Cambodia are two neighboring countries with a good traditional friendship, having fought together under the common leadership of the Indochinese Communist Party. The armies and peoples of the two countries have stood shoulder to shoulder in the fight against colonialism and imperialism, overthrowing the genocidal regime, bringing independence, freedom and happiness to the people of each country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and General Tea Seiha expressed their satisfaction with the comprehensive development of the Vietnam-Cambodia bilateral relationship, in which political cooperation plays a guiding role in the cooperative relationship between the two countries; economic and trade cooperation, connecting the two economies are growing rapidly; cooperation in the fields of education and training, culture, health, people-to-people exchange, etc. is receiving increasing attention.
Recalling the difficulties and losses that Vietnam had to go through to gain independence and freedom, including fighting against the invasion of the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and gives top priority to continuously consolidating and developing the good neighborly relationship, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, long-term sustainability with Cambodia; supporting a peaceful, stable, prosperous Cambodia, with its role and position increasingly affirmed in the region and the world.
The Prime Minister hopes that Cambodia will coordinate with Vietnam to continue effectively implementing high-level agreements; continue to promote delegation exchanges, especially high-level delegations; strengthen economic connectivity between the two countries; train human resources; build a border of peace, friendship, cooperation and development; continue to support and facilitate the Vietnamese community and Vietnamese businesses in Cambodia, including the legal status of Khmer people of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia; and make more positive contributions to the common development of the two countries.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that defense cooperation has always been one of the most important pillars of Vietnam-Cambodia relations. (Source: VNA) |
General Tea Seiha, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia, thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for taking the time to receive the delegation; expressed gratitude to the Party, State, people and army of Vietnam for helping Cambodia in the fight against the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime, gaining national independence, as well as in the process of building and developing the country since then.
Informing Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh about the results of the talks between the two countries' Defense Ministers, the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense said that the Cambodian Defense Ministry and the Minister personally will continue the tradition of cultivating good neighborly relations, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability with Vietnam.
In particular, it is necessary to educate about traditions to help generations of people of the two countries, especially the young generation, to have a deeper understanding of the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia and to be more responsible in preserving and nurturing the relationship between the two countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed the results of the talks between the two ministers, saying that defense cooperation has always been one of the most important pillars of the Vietnam-Cambodia relationship. The Prime Minister affirmed that this cooperation can only be achieved on the foundation of trust and sincere cooperation, which has been tested over time.
The Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam implements the "4 No's" defense policy, hoping that both sides will unite and not let hostile forces and opposition forces sabotage the solidarity between the two Parties and peoples of the two countries.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the Vietnamese Government always supports and creates the most favorable conditions and hopes that the two countries' armies will increase exchanges and sharing on strategic issues affecting each country's defense and security; promptly and effectively handle issues arising from the grassroots; actively contribute to building a peaceful, friendly, cooperative and developing border; effectively coordinate and advise senior leaders of the two countries on military and defense issues, thereby continuing to consolidate the position of military-defense cooperation; contribute to deepening and fostering the friendship between the two nations, the two Parties and the two peoples, in a sincere and practical spirit.
On this occasion, through General Tea Seiha, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent his regards to Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Samdech Thipadi Hun Manet and other senior leaders and former leaders of Cambodia, including Samdech Tea Banh.
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