The ceremony was attended by Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang and Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, among others.
At the event, Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Deputy Director of the General Department of Political Affairs, announced the decisions of the State President on sending Vietnam’s Engineering Company Rotation 1 to the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the L2FH Rotation 4 to replace the L2FH Rotation 3 in the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
After handing over the decisions to the representatives of the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the efforts and achievements of Vietnamese “blue-beret soldiers” over the past time, especially personnel of the L2FH.
He hoped that the Engineering Company Rotation 1 will bring into play their capabilities and bravery to fulfill tasks such as giving humanitarian assistance and building infrastructure for the U.N. missions and local people, contributing to meeting requirements of the U.N.
The State leader asked the Ministry of National Defense and personnel of the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4 to embrace and strictly implement the Party’s guidelines and State’s policies on external affairs in accordance with the interests of the nation and the Vietnamese people and on the basis of international law and the U.N. Charter. He noted that they should proactively promote practical cooperation with other countries and international partners to improve capabilities and experience in doing their tasks as well as accelerating information dissemination on Vietnam’s participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations.
Addressing the ceremony, Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang expressed his thanks for the care for the Vietnamese peacekeeping force of the Party, the State, and the President.
He hoped that personnel of the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4 will inherit and promote their achieved results, complete all assigned duties, and become ambassadors of peace and friendship, contributing to promoting good virtues of Uncle Ho’s soldiers, and heightening the prestige and position of Vietnam and its military in the international arena.
The defense minister required them to promote heroic traditions of their units, closely collaborate with other forces at the U.N. missions and build close relationship with local people. He urged the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations and relevant agencies of the defense ministry to actively collaborate with the U.N. to run the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and L2FH Rotation 4 smoothly.
After the see-off ceremony, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, General Phan Van Giang, and delegates witnessed the first group of the L2FH Rotation 4 boarding military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the Royal Australian Air Force heading for South Sudan.
The People's Army Newspaper would like to introduce several images at the ceremony.
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc reviews the Guards-of-Honor of the Vietnam People’s Army. |
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hands over the decisions to the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4. |
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech at the ceremony. |
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General Phan Van Giang presents gifts to the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4. |
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General Phan Van Giang assigns tasks to personnel of the two units. |
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, General Phan Van Giang, other delegates, and personnel of the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4 in a joint photo |
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Members of the Engineering Company Rotation 1 and the L2FH Rotation 4 ready for their missions |
Translated by Trung Thanh