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Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing review the guards-of-honor of the Vietnam People's Army at the welcome ceremony. |
At the talks, General Giang spoke highly of the visit by the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, stressing that it will contribute to fostering the traditional friendship between the two countries in general and the two militaries in particular. He affirmed that Vietnam has always attached much importance to the fine relationship between the two nations for the interests of the two peoples and for peace, stability, and development in the ASEAN Community and the world.
For his part, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing expressed his thanks to the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense for the solemn welcome ceremony, and at the same time pledge to make greater contributions to accelerating the long-standing friendship between the two countries and the two militaries.
Also, the two senior defense leaders highlighted that the bilateral defense ties have increasingly improved with practical outcomes over the past time, especially in delegation exchange, and foreign language and medical personnel training that falls within the bilateral cooperation agreement reached by the two defense ministries in November 2011. They agreed to continue implementing the signed agreement comprehensively, while improving the effectiveness of the working groups and accelerating preparations towards the first Defense Policy Dialogue between the two sides. They also concurred to continue providing support for each other at multilateral forums and in matters of mutual concern, especially in defense cooperation mechanisms such as the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) or the ADMM Plus.
* On the same day, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was received by Vietnamese Minister of National Defense General Ngo Xuan Lich.
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Vietnamese Minister of National Defense General Ngo Xuan Lich receives Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces. |
At the reception, General Lich expressed his hope that the visit will contribute to boosting the traditional friendship, understanding, and mutual trust between the two militaries and the two countries.
He reaffirmed that the two sides have effectively implemented their cooperation agreements in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, particularly in training, telecommunications, military medicine, young officers’ exchanges, and so on. The telecom joint venture between the Military Industry-Telecoms Group (Viettel) of Vietnam and Myanmar partners has operated since 2018, he added. Also, the Vietnamese defense minister hoped to receive support from Myanmar during Vietnam's 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship.
In turn, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing believed that the cooperation between the two militaries will be expanded in the future. The guest also briefed the host on the outcomes of his earlier talks with Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang.
Translated by Trung Thanh