April 13, 2018 | 20:47 (GMT+7)
Military Region 2 officers visit Lao Defense Ministry and military units
PANO - A delegation from the Military Region 2 (MR2) Command, led by its commander Major General Phung Si Tan, visited and extended New Year wishes to the Ministry of National Defense, military units and localities of Lao.
The visit was on the occasion of Laos’ New Year festival-Bunpimay.
In Laos, the delegation paid a courtesy visit to Senior Lieutenant General Chansamone Chanyalath, a Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Lao Defense Minister.
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Representative of the Military Region 2 (MR2) Command presents flowers to the Ministry of National Defense, military units and localities of Lao. |
On behalf of the Lao Ministry of National Defense, General Chansamone Chanyalath thanked the Vietnamese delegation and highly valued the visit, saying that it would cement the special solidarity, friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States, militaries and people in general and between MR2’s armed forces and Lao People’s Army, as well as units and localities in Northern Laos in particular.
The Lao general emphasized the great support from the Party, State, Army and people of Vietnam, including MR2’s armed forces and localities where MR2 is stationed, towards Laos, including its army, military units and localities in Northern Lao provinces.
He confirmed that the support has made important contributions to the country’s socio-economic and cultural development, strengthened local defense-security, fostered the special solidarity and friendship as well as comprehensive cooperation between the two neighboring countries in an ever-green and everlasting stable manner.
Translated by Chung Anh