Strengthening solidarity, increasing the effectiveness of cooperation and connecting Vietnam - Laos

The leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia emphasized the close, intimate and strategic relationship between the three countries, stressing that the stability, security and development of one country is also the stability, security and development of the other two countries.

On February 22, in Ho Chi Minh City, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam had a high-level meeting with President of the Cambodian People's Party, President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia Hun Sen and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith.

General Secretary To Lam, President of the Cambodian People's Party, President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party,President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith take a photo together - Photo: VNA.

Also attending the meeting were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.

At the meeting, the leaders of the three Parties discussed the recent world and regional situation, shared the situation of each Party and each country in the past year, assessed the results and proposed directions for cooperation between the three Parties and three countries in the coming time.

The meeting between General Secretary To Lam, President of the Cambodian People's Party and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith with the participation of the Prime Ministers of the three countries - Photo: VNA.

The three leaders congratulated the great achievements that the three Parties and three countries have made, especially the guaranteed national defense and security, positive economic growth, and stable and increasingly improved people's lives.

The three sides emphasized the close, intimate and strategic relationship between the three countries, stressing that the stability, security and development of one country is also the stability, security and development of the other two countries, and affirmed the consistent policy of the three Parties and three countries to always give top priority to the traditional friendship between the three Parties, three countries and three peoples of Vietnam - Cambodia - Laos.

General Secretary To Lam speaks - Photo: VNA.

The three leaders expressed their delight that the cooperative relationship between the three countries has achieved many significant achievements and is increasingly consolidated and developed, in which political relations continue to be the foundation, with the relationship between the three parties playing a guiding role for the relationship between the three countries; defense and security cooperation has been effectively promoted; and economic, trade, investment, cultural, educational, scientific and technological cooperation has seen positive changes.

In the context of the volatile and unpredictable regional and world situation, the three sides agreed to continue to deepen, comprehensively and further expand the relationship between the three Parties and three countries, tighten political trust and relations between high-ranking leaders; commit to maintaining and promoting the tradition of solidarity and closeness between the three countries, considering this a priceless asset, an objective and inevitable law for ensuring a peaceful, secure and developing environment for each country; agree to maintain and further strengthen propaganda and education work so that generations of people of the three countries, especially the young generation, clearly understand and always remember this tradition of solidarity and closeness.

President of the Cambodian People's Party, President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the meeting - Photo: VNA.

The three sides also agreed to strengthen the pillar of defense and security cooperation to ensure effective response to traditional and non-traditional security challenges; enhance information exchange, consultation, close coordination, support and protection of each other's legitimate interests, and jointly respond to common challenges.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone at the meeting - Photo: VNA.

The three leaders emphasized the need to continue creating breakthroughs in economic cooperation, promoting connectivity between the three economies, especially in transport, trade and tourism; and promoting cultural, educational, scientific and technological cooperation on the basis of promoting the potential and strengths of each country.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/tang-cuong-doan-ket-gia-tang-hieu-qua-hop-tac-ket-noi-viet-nam-lao-campuchia-192250222201003398.htm