Tuesday, 15/02/2022 16:28 (GMT+7)
Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien has confirmed that the Vietnamese Government and the Ministry of National Defence always attach great importance to the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Singapore, considering this as a premise for promoting bilateral defence.
He made the statement during his reception for Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam.
At the reception (Photo: PANO)
During the reception, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien stressed that Vietnam highly appreciates Singapore's position, role and active participation in promoting multilateral cooperation, especially within the ASEAN framework, contributing to strengthening intra-regional solidarity, enhancing the role of ASEAN in the region and in the international arena; expressing his hope that Singapore will continue promoting its role, and together with Vietnam and other ASEAN countries promote the implementation of the goals of the ASEAN Community.
He thanked the Singapore Government for supporting COVID-19 vaccine for Vietnam through the COVAX Facility and looked forward to continuing to receive the support of the Singapore Government for Vietnam through this mechanism.
He also assessed that the defence relationship between Vietnam and Singapore over the past time has continued to be promoted, achieving many positive results, especially in the fields of exchange of delegations at all levels, especially high-level; training cooperation; effective dialogue mechanisms, and exchange of young officers.
Expressing his hope that the Singaporean Ambassador will promote the cooperation contents that the two sides agreed on at the 12th Vietnam – Singapore defence policy dialogue, he said that the agreed contents contribute to reinforcing bilateral defence cooperation, and promoting the Vietnam – Singapore strategic partnership in the upcoming time.
For his part, Ambassador Jaya Ratnam emphasized that Singapore-Vietnam relations have developed strongly over the past 50 years on the basis of mutual respect and trust, especially since the two countries upgraded to a partnership strategy in 2013. He assessed that defence relations are one of the important cooperation areas of Singapore-Vietnam relations.
He affirmed that in his working position, he will make efforts to promote relations between the two countries in various fields, including the field of defence./.
Compiled by BTA