The event was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant agencies of the Ministry of National Defense, and Vietnamese defense attachés in foreign countries.
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Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang addresses the conference. |
Addressing the conference, General Phan Van Giang applauded achievements of the defense attachés offices over the past time, stressing that they have addressed adversities, observed directions of the Central Military Commission, and completed their assigned tasks. Their activities have contributed to expanding foreign relations, strengthening defense external affairs in bilateral and multilateral forums, building strategic trust within ASEAN, and heightening Vietnam’s position in international arena, he added.
The defense minister affirmed that the force of defense attachés is important part of the defense relations service, thus they should observe the Party’s guidelines and State’s policies on foreign relations, being consistent with the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralisation.
He noted that the defense attachés need to have firm political stance, strategic mindset, professionalism, and good foreign language skills. They should also grasp all situations and provide timely recommendations for higher levels, contributing to accelerating defense cooperation and building a regular, elite, revolutionary and increasingly modern military.
During the conference, delegates reviewed results of the defense attaches’ work in the 2018-2020 period. Accordingly, amid the complicated and unexpected developments of the regional and global situations, the country’s defense relations affairs and international integration have been increasingly enhanced. Until now, Vietnam has defense ties at various levels with over 80 nations, 32 defense attachés offices in the world and one military attaché to the United Nations.
Translated by Trung Thanh