VN and Cambodia armies plan ties

Are Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao soon forming Federal state government? Are they under one Yuon Communist rule? it is the tactic that Yuon communist using for centuries to colonize Cambodia and Lao, Yuon communist is never co-operating with Cambodia, but Yuon wanted Cambodia to form co-operation with them (Cambodia should know the same game).

Ha Noi — The Armies of Viet Nam and Cambodia should promote co-operation to protect and develop both countries and contribute to keeping peace in the region and all over the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stated yesterday.

Dung made the remark in a meeting with General Ke Kim Yan, Commander-in-Chief of the Cambodia Royal Army, who was paying an official visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Khac Nghien, Chief of General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army.
The Prime Minister said that co-operation between the two armies was very important for preventing crimes and defeating hostile forces to ensure national stability.

Dung stressed that the two armies should continue their joint patrols at sea and support the two countries’ authorised agencies in planting border markers.

The Cambodian Chief Commander thanked the Prime Minister for his reception and stressed that the Cambodia Royal Army would closely co-operate with the Vietnamese Army to keep peace, stability and development in the region and all over the world.

Yesterday, Yan had a meeting with Nghien in which the senior lieutenant general affirmed that the visit would contribute to promoting mutual understanding to develop the long-standing relationships between the two armies and peoples.

In return, Yan stressed that the Cambodian people always remember and are grateful to the Vietnamese State and Army for helping Cambodia escape from Khmer Rouge genocide as well as supporting the process of building up Cambodia.

At the meeting, the two sides informed each other about the two countries’ situations regarding security, national defence, socio-economic development and army expansion.

The two generals agrees to promote co-operation by exchanging military staff and defence information, training and searching for and returning the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia during wars.

The two armies will contribute to fostering the long-standing relationship and friendship between the Vietnamese and Cambodian armies and peoples, with the motto "good neighbour, traditional friendship, comprehensive co-operation and long-lasting stability", for the sake of peace, stability and development of each country and the world, the leaders agreed.

The Cambodian delegation also visited and presented gifts to 12 experts who used to work in Cambodia. — VNS