Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia vow to forge close bond amid global changes
VOV.VN - Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have pledged to stay united and strengthen cooperation to overcome challenges and boost development in their respective countries amidst regional and global complications.
The agreement was reached during a tripartite meeting in Hanoi on September 6 between Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, chairman of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), and Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and president of Laos.
The three leaders spoke highly of the important and comprehensive achievements that the three countries have recorded in national development in recent times. They noted that the cooperative relations between the three parties and peoples of the three countries have grown extensively in various fields, from politics, and defense-security to economy, culture, science-technology, and people-to-people exchanges.
They deemed the historical tradition of solidarity and mutual assistance among the three parties and peoples of the three countries to be a valuable asset, one of the most important factors and the greatest source of strength in the struggle for national liberation and independence in the past, as well as in the cause of national construction and defense of each party and each country today,
They vowed to jointly continue to popularize and educate peoples of the three countries, especially young generations, to preserve and cultivate the good relationship between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The leaders exchanged views on regional and global complications, and agreed that in this context, the three parties and three countries need to strengthen solidarity, closely coordinate and support each other, and continue to consider the relationship between the three parties as the cornerstone of the overall relationship between the three countries.
They consented to strengthen cooperation in defense-security, foreign affairs, economy, culture, education, science - technology, tourism, and agriculture, as well as to further promote cooperation between Party and State agencies, people’s organizations and localities of the three countries by bringing into full play the potential and strengths of each country.
The three sides agreed to further promote the efficiency of existing mechanisms, and consider new cooperation mechanisms in the interest of their peoples and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world at large.
