January 26, 2018 | 22:12 (GMT+7)
Vietnam always creates best conditions to boost Vietnam-Thailand’s naval ties
PANO - Leadership of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army always support and create best conditions for the navies of Vietnam and Thailand to reinforce their cooperation, thus making practical contributions to the relationship between the two countries, said Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh.
General Minh, Deputy-Chief-of-the-General Staff confirmed that at the reception on January 26 at the headquarters of Ministry of National Defense for Admiral Naris Pratoomsuwan, Commander of the Thai Royal Navy, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
At the meeting, the Thai admiral said that his visit aims to boost the bilateral defense ties in general and the naval cooperation in particular, between the two countries.
He took this chance to thank Vietnam for sending ship 012-Ly Thai To to participate in the International Fleet Review 2017 (IFR 2017) and the first ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercise (AMNEX-1) hosted by Thailand last November on the occasion of ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversary.
Emphasizing the development of their bilateral defense ties in recent years, Gen. Minh held that the two sides have enhanced their naval cooperation in training, joint patrols, officer training, search and rescue at sea.
Translated by Mai Huong