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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh speaking at the event |
The deputy defense minister stressed that the specific role of defense relations work is to build confidence, strengthen cooperation and exchanges, defend national independence, maintain a peaceful environment and stability and protect national interests.
In fact, it is very difficult and sophisticated to build defense relations, as the work relates to national independence, sovereignty, and defense and security. When confidence has been strengthened and defense relations have been established, the foreign relations with other nations will be heightened. With that important role, defense relations work has the basic goal and missions of maintaining Vietnam’s friendly relations with other countries; implementing the policy of “protecting the nation from distance”; creating a stable defense posture and peaceful environment; actively serving the process of industrialization, modernization, and the cause of building and protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
On that basis, the work has been carried out, making a remarkable contribution to the overall achievements of the nation, helping the diplomatic sector successfully fulfill the Resolution of the 12th Party National Congress. Achievements in defense relations have contributed greatly to boosting cooperation, international integration, fostering friendship, and firmly maintaining the peaceful environment of the nation. The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have made efforts and collaborated with other relevant sectors, agencies and localities to well implement the management, protection and defense posture over the borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation and development. Especially, the “Border defense friendship exchange” model has been widely implemented with neighboring countries. The border troops have well promoted their core role, joining locals in living, working, and speaking the same language, helping and protecting people. They really play the role of connecting the Party and State to local Party committees, authorities and people in border areas.
According to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, the achievements are attributable to the sound leadership of the Party, the close and effective collaboration as well as engagement of leadership and sectors from the central to the grassroots levels and the whole people.
The deputy defense minister held that, in the coming years, the general situation in the world will still be in favor of peace, friendship, cooperation and development. However, regarding the security and defense aspect, there still remain complicated, unstable, unpredictable and hard-to-foresee factors. In order to successfully implement the targets and missions outlined in the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress, the Ministry of National Defense should collaborate more closely with other ministries and sectors in all areas, making more contributions to the cause of building and protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, for peace and stability of the world and the region.
Translated by Huu Duong