Last updated: 23:47 - March 25, 2008
State President reiterates good ties with Cambodia
State President Nguyen Minh Triet pledged to maintain all-round
relations with neighbour Cambodia while receiving Deputy Prime
Minister General Tea Banh of Cambodia in Hanoi on March 25.
The State leader told Tea Banh, who doubles as Minister of Defence,
that the Party, State and people of Vietnam have always prioritised
the task of working together with Laos and Cambodia for a developed
Indochinese peninsular.
General Tea Banh thanked Vietnam for its great assistance in the past
struggle to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime and the current
national development.
"The mature of the Cambodian Defence Ministry today is partially
thanks to experiences drawn from Vietnamese experts on voluntary
missions," the Cambodian Defence Minister said.
He also called on the Vietnamese Defence Ministry to assist and share
experiences in maintaining security and public order in an effort to
ensure Cambodia's legislative elections, scheduled for July, are a
success.
General Tea Banh began a four-day official visit to Vietnam on March
24 at the invitation of Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh.
The Cambodian high-level military delegation embarked on talks with a
host delegation led by Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh
immediately after a welcoming ceremony.
The two sides agreed to continue joint patrols at sea and exchange
information on search and rescue operations. Talks also focused on the
work of locating and repatriating remains of Vietnamese volunteers who
died on Cambodian soil.
The two sides agreed on further exchanges of visits and stronger co-
operation in personnel training between military hospitals and
institutes from the two countries in order to fulfil high-level
commitments to "good neighbourliness, traditional friend****p,
comprehensive and long-term co-operation." (VNA)
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