Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien receives Indian and Philippine defense attachés to Vietnam

(Bqp.vn) - Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien received Colonel Dheeraj Kotwal, Indian defense attaché to Vietnam, on June 21 in Hanoi.

At the reception, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien congratulated India on the success of the Lok Sabha election, and Rajnath Singh on reappointment as Defense Minister. He highly valued the outcomes of the two countries’ defense cooperation, such as delegation exchanges, especially high-level, effective implementation of cooperation, consultation mechanisms, and training.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien (right) and Colonel Dheeraj Kotwal.

He suggested the Indian officer to continue to cooperate with the Department of Foreign Relations under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense and relevant Indian agencies and units to effectively carry out cooperation activities in the second half of this year, with a focus on defense policy dialogue at deputy minister level, the fifth joint exercise on U.N. peacekeeping in India, effective cooperation in human resources training, cooperation and consultation between corps and services, etc.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hoped that Colonel Dheeraj Kotwal would closely coordinate to promote bilateral defense ties in an intensive, practical, effective manner.

At the reception for the Indian defense attaché to Vietnam.

For his part Colonel Dheeraj Kotwal spoke highly of the two countries’ functional agencies’ close coordination and effective implementation of cooperation contents. He affirmed to report Gen. Chien’s suggestions to Indian Defense Ministry’s leadership in a timely manner and would actively have exchanges to early realize cooperation contents in the coming time.

The same day, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hold a reception for Colonel Ulysses S. Mancao, Philippine defense attaché to Vietnam.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien (right) and Colonel Ulysses S. Mancao.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien expressed his delight at the development of the two countries’ relations in terms of politics, economy, defense-security, education-training, culture, and people-to-people exchanges. He highly praised the bilateral defense cooperation’s results, especially in exchanges of delegations, young officers, maintenance of consultation and dialogue mechanisms, cooperation between naval, air, and coast guard forces.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien also highly appreciated important contribution of Colonel Ulysses S. Mancao to the bilateral defense relations and asked him to continue to coordinate with the Department of Foreign Relations under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense and other relevant agencies and units of the Philippines to enhance cooperation in the coming time. He noted the concentration on defense policy dialogue, delegation exchange, cooperation between arms and services and coast guard forces. He also suggested speeding up the signing of cooperation agreements in potential fields, such as defense industry, search and rescue, U.N. peacekeeping operations, military medicine, etc.

At the reception for the Philippine defense attaché to Vietnam.

Colonel Ulysses S. Mancao thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense for its support and creation of condition over the past time. He also confirmed that he would closely work with agencies under the two defense ministries to actualize cooperation contents according to cooperation plan for 2024 and orientations of the two defense ministries’ leaders.