The seventh Vietnam - Cambodia policy dialogue officially held

(Bqp.vn) - On August 7, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the seventh Vietnam - Cambodia policy dialogue was taken place under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of State at the Cambodian Defence Ministry General Chay Saing Yun.

At the dialogue.

At the dialogue, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien affirmed the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability between the two countries. The two armies and peoples stood side by side in the past struggles for national liberation. He stressed that Vietnam always attaches importance and gives the top priority to consolidating and enhancing the relationship with Cambodia.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien speaking at the dialogue.

For his part, General Chay Saing Yun said the dialogue demonstrates the close ties between the two armies, contributing to fostering the Vietnam - Cambodia relations.

General Chay Saing Yun speaking at the dialogue.

The two sides exchanged their views on regional and global issues of shared concern, and held that ASEAN-led mechanisms have maintained their role in promoting dialogues and cooperation within the bloc, as well as between ASEAN and external partners, for peace and stability in the region.

For maritime issues, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien emphasised Vietnam’s advocacy of maintaining peace and stability, and ensuring security, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea; settling all disputes by peaceful measures in line with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982); and effectively and fully implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), towards building a substantive, effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law.

All delegates in a joint photo.

The both sides said since the sixth dialogue in April 2023, the bilateral defence cooperation has grown intensively, extensively, practical and effectively, with all-level delegation exchanges and meetings, personnel training, information exchange, and coordination in border management as well as in the search and repatriation of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime, etc.

On this occasion, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien invited leaders of the Cambodian Defence Ministry and representatives of prestigious businesses of Cambodia to attend the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024, organized in December this year.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and General Chay Saing Yun signing the minutes of the dialogue.

At the event, the two officers signed the minutes of the dialogue.