Thai army general appreciates Vietnam's 'four no' defense policy

At the talks after the welcoming ceremony, General Songwit Nunphakdee, Commander of the Thai Defence Forces, highly appreciated Vietnam's 'four no's' defence policy. At the same time, he wished to continue to maintain and promote cooperation with Vietnam.

On July 4, at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense , General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defense, presided over the welcoming ceremony for General Songwit Nunphakdee, Commander of the Thai Defense Forces, and a high-ranking military delegation from the Royal Thai Army on an official visit to Vietnam.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong and General Songwit Nunphakdee review the Honor Guard of the Vietnam People's Army.

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During the talks following the welcoming ceremony, the two sides exchanged views on the global and regional situation and affirmed that defense cooperation is one of the important pillars in the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong emphasized the important role of ASEAN in shaping and maintaining the regional security structure, promoting substantive cooperation among member countries, as well as between ASEAN and its partners.

In particular, Vietnam consistently pursues an independent, self-reliant, peaceful , friendly, cooperative, and developmental foreign policy, multilateralizing and diversifying its foreign relations, and adhering to its "four no's" national defense policy.

Regarding the East Sea issue, the Deputy Minister of National Defense emphasized Vietnam's consistent stance of persistently fighting to resolve all disputes and disagreements by peaceful means on the basis of international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; international and regional commitments such as the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC)...

General Nguyen Tan Cuong speaks at the meeting

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General Nguyen Tan Cuong affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to cooperative relations with ASEAN countries, including Thailand, for peace, stability and development of the region and the world. In recent times, defense cooperation has been promoted practically and effectively by both sides, notably in areas such as defense policy dialogue; human resource training; exchange of officers at all levels; cooperation between armies and services...

He suggested that in the coming time, the two sides continue to increase delegation exchanges at all levels; effectively promote existing cooperation mechanisms; promote substantive and effective cooperation between military branches and services, especially law enforcement forces at sea; and support each other at multilateral mechanisms, forums and international events organized by each side.

General Songwit Nunphakdee speaks at the meeting

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During the talks, General Songwit Nunphakdee highly appreciated Vietnam's "four no's" defense policy. He expressed his hope that in the future, both sides would continue to maintain and promote the agreed-upon cooperation contents.

The focus of this cooperation is on the defense industry, contributing to making the Vietnam-Thailand defense cooperation increasingly effective, in-depth, and substantive.

Vietnam's "four no's" defense policy

Vietnam builds its national defense strength based on the combined strength of the whole country, of the great national unity bloc, of the entire political system under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the unified management and administration of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; consolidating and strengthening the great national unity bloc.

Vietnam's defense policy is peaceful and self-defensive in nature; resolutely and persistently fighting to resolve all disputes and disagreements by peaceful means on the basis of international law; actively and proactively preventing and repelling the risk of war, implementing the motto of protecting the Fatherland early and from afar, and being ready to fight against aggressive wars.

Vietnam advocates against participating in military alliances; against aligning with one country against another; against allowing foreign countries to establish military bases or use Vietnamese territory to wage war against other countries; and against using force or threatening to use force in international relations.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dai-tuong-quan-doi-thai-lan-danh-gia-cao-chinh-sach-quoc-phong-bon-khong-cua-viet-nam-185250704172912241.htm