At the event in Jakarta, Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong briefed nearly 300 guests about the history of VPA. He expressed his gratitude to Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, and Indonesian people for their practical contributions to strengthening the two countries’ cooperation in all aspects, including defense, helping safeguard the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the two countries, as well as maintain peace, security and prosperity in the region.
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Defense Attaché in Indonesia Senior Colonel Nguyen Tuan Duc speaks at the celebration in Jakarta. |
Defense Attaché in Indonesia Colonel Nguyen Tuan Duc said that Vietnam is moving towards greater transparency in its defense policy to enhance understanding and build trust between Vietnam and the international community; create conditions to improve the efficiency of international cooperation and integration in the field of defense between Vietnam and other countries and solve emerging security issues.
Up to now, Vietnam has participated in many multilateral defense and military mechanisms and forums regionally and internationally; established defense relations with more than 100 countries; and opened Defense Attaché Offices in 35 countries and the United Nations. In addition, 42 countries have set up Defense Attaché Offices in Vietnam.
Particularly, the Vietnam-Indonesia defense and military relations have been constantly strengthened and developed in recent years, Duc said.
While Minsk, Belarus, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Ngu said that implementing Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy in recent years, the VPA has actively promoted international integration and defense diplomacy at both bilateral and multilateral levels.
It has actively participated in U.N. peacekeeping missions, international cooperation in the field of non-traditional security, humanitarian assistance, search and rescue, overcoming the consequences of war, making worthy contributions to creating an environment of peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
Source: VNA