Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, Deputy Minister of National Defense and Director of the General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Army (LPA), led a high-ranking political delegation of the LPAA on an official visit to Vietnam from September 25-28.
On the morning of September 26, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, General Luong Cuong , Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, presided over the welcoming ceremony for Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong.
General Luong Cuong affirmed that the visit will contribute to further strengthening the solidarity and closeness between the two Ministries of National Defense and the Armies of Vietnam and Laos; bringing the Vietnam-Laos cooperation relationship to become increasingly deeper, more substantial and effective.
General Luong Cuong emphasized that Vietnam and Laos are two neighboring countries, with the same socialist regime, with a tradition of solidarity, mutual love, "a grain of rice bitten in half, a piece of vegetable broken in half" and always give each other great, valuable, sincere, pure and effective support and assistance during the past struggle for independence, as well as in the cause of innovation, construction and development of the country today.
The Party, State and Army of Vietnam always attach importance to the relationship with Laos, considering it a top priority in their foreign policy; always wishing to work with Laos to continuously consolidate the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the Party, State, people and armies of Vietnam and Laos.
Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong affirmed that the Laos-Vietnam relationship is a priceless asset, in which the relationship between the two armies "is the most special of the special". This is demonstrated through the fact that the senior leaders of the two countries and the two armies regularly meet and visit each other. Cooperation between the two countries is comprehensive, without any limits or barriers in the relationship between the two countries and the two armies.
At the talks, the two sides agreed that military and defense cooperation in recent times has continued to affirm its role as one of the important pillars of the Vietnam-Laos bilateral relationship.
The Ministries of Defense and the Armies of the two countries always actively and proactively coordinate closely, cooperate reliably, and provide effective advice to the two countries' senior leaders on military and defense work, making an important contribution to maintaining a peaceful environment in each country for mutual development...
Cooperation between the General Department of Politics of the two countries' armies always closely follows and makes important contributions to the development of relations between the two countries and the two armies.
In terms of direction, the two sides agreed that defense cooperation needs to be effectively coordinated and implemented according to the common perception of the senior leaders of the two Parties and two States, and the results of the meeting between the three leaders of the Parties of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (September 6).
In the immediate future, the two sides will focus on promoting the significance of the first Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Border Defense Friendship Exchange at the Defense Ministers level, scheduled to be held next December.
The two countries' armies will strengthen exchanges and cooperation between agencies and units of the two sides through delegation exchanges, effectively promoting cooperation mechanisms and models such as exchanges between young officers, exchanges between military women, military-civilian twinning, annual conferences between military regions, military services and border protection forces of the two countries, etc.
The two sides also discussed the world and regional situation and issues of mutual concern.
General Luong Cuong emphasized that the Party and State of Vietnam always adhere to an independent, self-reliant, multilateral, and diversified foreign policy and a "four no's" defense policy (no participation in military alliances; no alliance with one country to fight another; no allowing foreign countries to set up military bases or use territory to fight against other countries; no use of force or threat of use of force in international relations).
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