On March 24, at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense - held talks with Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Pawel Bejda, who is visiting and working in Vietnam.
At the talks, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien affirmed that Vietnam is consistent with its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, multilateralization and diversification of foreign relations; persistent in its "four no's" defense policy; persistent in fighting to resolve all disputes and disagreements by peaceful means on the basis of international law.
Vietnam's consistent stance on resolving the East Sea issue is that relevant parties need to comply with international practices and laws, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); comply with the Declaration on the Conduct of the Parties in the East Sea (DOC), promote the early completion of negotiations and sign the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in a practical and effective manner.
Senior General Hoang Xuan Chien expressed his delight that Vietnam - Poland defense cooperation has achieved many positive results on the basis of effectively implementing the agreement on bilateral defense cooperation signed in 2010), standing out in areas such as: Exchanging delegations, especially high-level delegations; training; United Nations peacekeeping; defense industry...
Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien emphasized that the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense is ready to receive Polish soldiers to study Vietnamese at the Military Science Academy and attend international training courses at the National Defense Academy.
Senior General Hoang Xuan Chien suggested that in the coming time, the two sides should focus on strengthening the completion of bilateral defense cooperation frameworks and mechanisms; continue to promote delegation exchanges at all levels to enhance understanding, trust and promote defense cooperation in accordance with the overall Vietnam-Poland relationship, enhance training cooperation; United Nations peacekeeping; defense industry; military medicine; exchange of young officers...
Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Pawel Beiden respectfully thanked the warm welcome of the leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense; expressed his pleasure at visiting Vietnam as Deputy Minister of National Defense, member of the Polish National Assembly.
Deputy Minister Pawel Bejda affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Poland in Southeast Asia, and Poland wishes to promote cooperation with Vietnam not only in the economic field but also in the defense sector, especially the defense industry, training, and United Nations peacekeeping.
Deputy Minister Pawel Bejda hopes that through this meeting, bilateral defense cooperation will continue to be further promoted, bringing practical results to all sides.
"four no's" defense policy: Not participating in military alliances; not allying with one country to fight another; not allowing foreign countries to set up military bases or use Vietnamese territory to fight against another country; not using force, or threatening to use force in international relations.
