April 03, 2018 | 21:22 (GMT+7)
High-ranking Vietnamese military delegation attends Moscow Conference on Int’l Security
PANO - General Ngo Xuan Lich, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defense Minister, leading a high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation left Vietnam on April 3 for Russia to attend the seventh Moscow Conference on International Security slated for April 4 and 5.
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General Ngo Xuan Lich to attend the seventh Moscow Conference on International Security in Russia |
General Lich’s participation in the conference, at the invitation of the Russian Ministry of Defense, is a confirmation of Vietnam’s active, proactive and highly responsible role towards resolving regional and global issues and manifests Vietnam’s standpoint on security and development issues of common concern in the region and the world as a whole.
As planned, on the sidelines of the event, the Vietnamese Defense Minister will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu, during which the two sides will continue discussing and mapping out new contents and measures to expand bilateral defense cooperation, contributing to cementing the two militaries’ friendship and cooperation in line with the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.
Reported by Thu Trang
Translated by Mai Huong