The meeting was in the framework of the ongoing state visit to Kazakhstan by Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse.
At the event, Minister Zhaksylykov welcomed Gen. Giang and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam accompanying Party chief To Lam. He said that the visit would help consolidate the traditional friendship and strengthen cooperative areas between the two countries, including bilateral defense cooperation.
The host believed that the visit would lay a foundation for the bilateral defense ties to develop. He hoped that the two defense ministries would have more practical and effective cooperation activities, particularly in fields of strength to meet each side’s need and capability.
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Defense Minister Phan Van Giang (second from the left) at the meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Col. Gen. Ruslan Zhaksylykov |
For his part, Minister Giang expressed his delight at his first visit to beautiful and culture-rich Kazakhstan. He congratulated the host minister and all personnel of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan on the 80th Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The Vietnamese defense chief took this chance to thank the Kazakh Ministry of Defense for supporting the Vietnam People’s Army contingent during the Army Games 2022 in the country.
Highlighting the outcomes in the bilateral defense ties, including Kazakh delegations’ visits to Vietnam to discuss cooperation opportunities, Gen. Giang stressed that there remains much room for future development of the bilateral defense cooperation.
Also at the meeting, the two ministers agreed to enhance all-level delegation exchanges to boost cooperation in defense, military technology, defense industry; create conditions for the two countries’ defense enterprises to seek partnerships; share experience and expertise in U.N. peacekeeping operations; promote coordination in personnel training; fostering the establishment of the mechanism of experts’ working groups to study potential cooperation fields. The Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense welcomes Kazakh defense industry enterprises and facilities to display products at the Vietnam Defense Expo.
The two ministers also said that they will direct functional agencies of their ministries to carry out outcomes and contents reached during their meeting.
By Thu Trang from Astana, Kazakhstan
Translated by Mai Huong