Gen. Chien congratulated Colonel Michael Jansen on successfully completing his tenure in Vietnam, and welcomed Colonel Alana Burkitt as the new Australian defense attaché to Vietnam.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien (right) talks to Colonel Michael Jansen. |
He affirmed that Vietnam always attaches great importance to its relationship with Australia and highly values the country’s role, standing and potential. The upgrading of bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership in March 2024 marked an important milestone, creating favorable conditions for further promoting cooperation across fields, including defense.
The Vietnamese defense leader stressed that, in recent years, based on signed documents and agreements, bilateral defense cooperation has been actively implemented in many areas, including delegation exchanges; dialogues and consultations; training; U.N. peacekeeping; military medicine; service-to-service coordination; remediation of war legacy; and cooperation within multilateral defense mechanisms, particularly the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+).
Acknowledging and highly appreciating the contribution of Colonel Michael Jansen to promoting bilateral defense ties, the host noted that, in his capacity as Head of the Military Attachés Corps in Vietnam, Colonel Michael Jansen also played an important role in connecting and organizing exchange and interaction activities between the Military Attachés Corps and the Vietnamese MND.
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An overview of the reception |
He hoped that, in her new position, Colonel Alana Burkitt would continue to study and promote bilateral defense cooperation with a focus on strengthening delegation exchanges, effectively maintaining consultation and dialogue mechanisms, exploring the signing of cooperation documents and agreements, promoting cooperation in training and U.N. peacekeeping, as well as exchanging experience and sharing information between services and corps.
He suggested the two sides continue cooperation in sharing information and memorabilia related to Vietnamese soldiers who sacrificed their lives, went missing or remain unaccounted for during the war, and expand cooperation in potential areas such as cybersecurity and defense industry, and mutual consultations within multilateral defense and security cooperation mechanisms, especially ADMM+.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien presents a souvenir to Colonel Michael Jansen. |
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The Vietnamese defense leader presents the Vietnam National Defense White Paper 2019 to Colonel Alana Burkitt. |
Expressing thanks to the leadership of the Vietnamese MND and its agencies for their consistent support and close coordination throughout his working term, Colonel Michael Jansen expressed his pleasure at the positive and substantive results achieved in bilateral defense cooperation, particularly in training and U.N. peacekeeping.
He voiced his wish that, in the coming time, the two sides would continue close coordination to further promote bilateral defense ties in an increasingly effective and deep manner.
Translated by Mai Huong