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11th VN- India defense policy dialogue organized

VGP - The 11th Viet Nam – India defense policy dialogue took place in New Delhi, India on August 1.

August 02, 2018 3:15 PM GMT+7

The 11th Viet Nam – India defense policy dialogue took place in New Delhi, India on August 1 - Photo: VNA

At the function, Indian Defense Secretary Sanjay Mitra said the dialogue is an important mechanism for the two countries to implement agreements secured by their leaders in contribution to the development of Vietnam – India comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Viet Nam Defense Ministry considers cooperation with India a top priority and spares no effort to help it grow, stated Deputy Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh.

The sides agreed that bilateral defense ties have been continuously boosted, bringing about practical outcomes.

They highlighted their serious implementation of signed documents and agreements between Vietnamese and Indian defense leaders during their visits to each other’s nations.

They said the two bodies have extended and promoted a series of cooperation mechanisms such as the deputy ministerial level defense policy dialogue, defense working group meeting, consultation between staff officers of the two navies, land and air forces; and exchange of young officers.

They were said to maintain good collaboration between their armed forces and deepened relations in other fields like personnel training, defense industry, UN peacekeeping mission, strategy and intelligence research, and mutual support at multilateral forums.

Senior Lieutenant General Vinh thanked India for its assistance to Viet Nam, particularly in providing nonrefundable aid and preferential credit.

The credit packages included US$500 million for defense industry development and US$100 million for building high-speed patrol vessels for the border guard, while nonrefundable aid packages were US$260,000 for an IT and foreign language centre project and US$5 million for the military software park phase II.

In the coming period, the sides agreed to continue carrying out their sealed deals including a declaration on joint vision of Viet Nam – India defense relations for 2015 – 2020.

Delegation exchange, consultation and dialogue mechanisms as well as cooperation in human resources training, defense industry, IT, and peacekeeping mission will be increased, they said.

The Vietnamese side noted it will speed up the distribution of the US$500 million and US$100 million credit packages and procedures to disburse the US$5 million non-refundable aid package./VNA./.