Maj. Gen. Pham Truong Son (R) presents a gift to Lieut. Gen. Neum Balen. (Photo: VNA)

Mr. Son said leaders of the VPA’s General Staff always support and create all favourable conditions for the Operations Department  of the two countries to intensify cooperation, thus contributing to further deepening the Vietnam-Cambodia defence ties.

Informing the host of the outcomes of the talks between his delegation with a delegation of the VPA General Staff’s Operations Department, Mr. Balen said that the two sides had exchanged views on important cooperation contents.

They agreed to coordinate in implementing activities for 2023 such as anti-terrorism drills, a border defence friendship exchange between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by the year-end, and search for the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who sacrificed while carrying out international missions, he said.

He expressed his hope that the two sides will maintain cooperation and mutual support to contribute to strengthening friendship between the armies and people of Cambodia and Vietnam for peace and stability in the region.