Vietnam, Cambodia sign defence cooperation deal
VOV.VN- Vietnamese and Cambodian defence ministers inked a cooperation plan for 2017 between the two ministries at their talks on January 9.
Both sides discussed future cooperation focused on delegation exchanges, maintaining the deputy ministerial national defense strategic dialogue, and conducting joint sea patrols.
The two ministers expressed their delight at the outcomes of bilateral military cooperation last year, especially in delegation exchanges, personnel training and border safeguard.
They also agreed on closer coordination in searching for and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese military experts and volunteer soldiers killed in Cambodia during the war.
The pair agreed that priorities of defence cooperation this year and the following years will be focused on the organisation of delegation exchanges, deputy ministerial level-defence policy dialogues, join marine patrols, border work, and search for Vietnamese martyrs.
They also witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Vietnam Institute for Military Strategy and Cambodian Institute for Strategic Studies.