(Bqp.vn) - In Hanoi on August 6, Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang hosted a welcoming ceremony for Japan's Defense Minister Kihara Minoru, who was on an official visit to Vietnam.
Minister Phan Van Giang welcoming Minister Kihara Minoru to Vietnam.
Minister Phan Van Giang Minister Kihara Minoru inspecting the Guards of Honor of the VPA.
Minister Phan Van Giang introducing Vietnam’s delegation.
Minister Kihara Minoru introducing Japan’s delegation.
All delegates in a joint photo.
Following the ceremony, the two defense ministers held talks. At the talks, Minister Phan Van Giang highlighted the significance of Minister Kihara Minoru’s visit to deepening the Vietnam - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World established last year, covering cooperation between the two defence ministries.
During the talks.
Minister Phan Van Giang speaking at the talks.
General Phan Van Giang said that, over the recen years, the bilateral defence relations have been expanded continuously and growing more intensively and substantively, serving as a key pillar of the relationship between the two countries, with notable collaboration outcomes in the settlement of war aftermath, training, military medicine, rescue operations, UN peacekeeping, and regular consultations in regional forums, particularly within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). The two sides have maintained dialogue, consultation, and exchange mechanisms, along with the deputy ministerial - level Defence Policy Dialogue and consultations among officers.
Regarding future collaboration, Minister Phan Van Giang proposed the two sides work together to advance defence cooperation to a new and effective phase, consistent with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World, focusing on such areas as all-level delegation exchanges and meetings, the implementation of annual dialogue and consultation mechanisms, training, defence industry, technology transfer, war aftermath settlement, and UN peacekeeping. The two countries should enhance consultation and coordination in multilateral mechanisms, thereby contributing to effectively implementing the ASEAN - Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Minister Kihara Minoru speaking at the talks.
For his part, Minister Kihara Minoru extended his deepest condolences to the Vietnamese people over the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who made significant contributions to strengthening the Vietnam - Japan relations.
Minister Kihara Minoru expressed his confidence that this visit would further tighten the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World and foster the bilateral defence cooperation in the areas of mutual interest in the coming time.
The two ministers exchanging a Letter of Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding regarding Japan’s transfer of two multi-purpose material vehicles in service of rescue operations to Vietnam.
Minister Phan Van Giang presenting a souvernir to Minister Kihara Minoru.
During the talks, the two sides exchanged their views on world and regional issues of shared concern. Regarding maritime issues, Minister Phan Van Giang emphasized that Vietnam is committed to resolving all disputes through peaceful means on the basis of international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), while pushing ahead with negotiations for a substantive and effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
