Delegation from Thailand’s Ministry of Defense visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum
(Source: https://www.bqllang.gov.vn)

Earlier, on December 13, Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, and Permanent Secretary for Defense of Thailand General Sanitchanog Sangkachantra, co-chaired the fifth Vietnam - Thailand Defense Policy Dialogue in Hanoi.

During the event, both sides shared viewpoints on the world and regional situations of mutual concern while speaking highly of the role of the region and mechanisms led by ASEAN. They also affirmed to jointly do their utmost to make positive contribution to strengthening and consolidating the solidarity and ASEAN’s centrality in the regional security architecture, and stressing the importance of settling disputes by peaceful measures on the basis of international law.

They said the defense cooperation over the past time has gained remarkable outcomes in various fields such as delegation exchange at all levels, maintaining cooperation mechanism, supporting each other at multilateral events hosted by each side, to name but a few, reported People’s Army Newspaper.

Regarding cooperation orientation for the time ahead, both sides agreed to continue to boost the bilateral defense cooperation in line with the enhanced strategic partnership between the two countries, focusing on consolidating the relations between the two countries’ defense ministries and militaries, strengthening the all-level delegation exchange, and sharing viewpoints on issues of mutual interest./.

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