Cambodia, VN Set for Stronger Defense Ties

Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to promote friendly cooperation between the two armies in many fields, including human resource training, search and rescue, and building a border of peace, cooperation, friendship and development.

Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Gen. Pol Saroeun informed his host, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on May 21 about working results with leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense and the Chief of the General Staff of Vietnam People’s Army, during his Vietnam visit, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.

Gen. Pol Saroeun said he hopes the Vietnamese Government will facilitate the two armies’ cooperation in future.

For his part, added VNA, H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung said Vietnam will do its utmost to continue deepening cooperation with Cambodia in a practical and effective manner.

The Vietnamese premier also asked the two armies to promote cooperation between military units in localities sharing a common border, and work closely together in joint patrol activities at sea, as well as in building and developing armed forces.

Sourced:AKP