VPA's 80th founding anniversary celebrated in Belarus
Thursday, 12/12/2024 11:39 (GMT+7)
The Embassy and the Defense Attaché’s Office of Vietnam in Belarus have held a ceremony to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the Whole-People Defense Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024) in Minsk with the participation of 200 delegates.
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| Delegates at the ceremony (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Speaking at the event held on December 5, Vietnamese Ambassador in Belarus Nguyen Van Ngu affirmed that the VPA is a special political force which is loyal and reliable to the Vietnamese Party, State, and people.
He said that implementing Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy in recent years, the VPA has actively promoted international integration and defence diplomacy at both bilateral and multilateral levels.
The VPV has actively participated in UN peacekeeping missions, international cooperation in the field of non-traditional security, humanitarian assistance, search and rescue, overcoming the consequences of war, making worthy contributions to creating an environment of peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
For his part, Major General Leanid Victorovich Kasinki, Chief of the Ideological Department of the Armed Forces of the Belarusian Defense Ministry underscored that over the past 80 years, the VPA has developed and become a strong force serving the people and willing to fight for national independence and freedom. Besides, the bilateral defense cooperation between the two countries has brought positive outcomes, and contributed to ensuring national security./.
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