Viet Nam, China hold seventh Border Defense Friendship Exchange
VGP - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on Saturday co-chaired activities of the seventh Viet Nam-China Border Defense Friendship Exchange in Quang Hoa district in the northern province of Cao Bang and Longzhou county of China’s Guangxi province.
Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang (L) and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe co-chair activities of the seventh Viet Nam-China Border Defense Friendship Exchange, Quang Hoa district, Cao Bang province, April 23, 2022 - Photo: VNA
At the talks between the two ministers, Phan affirmed that the Party, State, Government and People's Army of Viet Nam always attach great importance to consolidating its traditional friendship and promoting the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, considering this as one of the top priorities in Viet Nam's foreign policy.
Regarding cooperation orientations in the coming time, the two sides agreed to continue promoting the exchange of delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones.
They pledged to effectively implement existing exchange and cooperation mechanisms, such as the defense strategy dialogue at the deputy ministerial level and the border defense friendship exchange as well as cooperation between armies, armed forces, academies and schools.
Both sides vowed to coordinate and support each other at multilateral military and defense forums.
It is also necessary to closely coordinate and strictly implement the three legal documents on the land border, strictly protect the border, prevent crimes and illegal entry and exit activities, and prevent the coronavirus from spreading across the border, they noted.
For existing matters between the two countries, they frankly discussed and agreed to solve them from a strategic height, for the common interests of the two countries, by peaceful means and on the basis of international law./.
