Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Japanese Vice Minister of Defense Masami Oka co-chaired the ninth Vietnam-Japan Defense Policy Dialogue in Tokyo on March 13.
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| Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Japanese Vice Minister of Defense Masami Oka co-chair the ninth Vietnam-Japan Defense Policy Dialogue.__Photo: VNA |
At the annual dialogue, both sides discussed the global and regional issues of shared concern, especially traditional security issues and emerging non-traditional challenges.
They emphasized the importance of maintaining an environment of peace, stability, security and safety of navigation and overflight in the East Sea for all countries in the world.
Both sides highlighted the need to settle disputes and differences via peaceful means in line with law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and reaching the early formulation of a substantive and effective Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law.
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| Participants at the dialogue__Photo: VNA |
Regarding defense cooperation, the two sides agreed that on the basis of the Extensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia between Vietnam and Japan, bilateral defense cooperation has achieved steps of development.
The areas of cooperation are increasingly expanded and deepened in a substantive manner, they said.
The two sides agreed to further promote cooperation contents, including enhancing the exchange of delegations, especially at the high level, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations; and expand cooperation in defense industry, cyber security, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, UN peacekeeping, training, and military medicine.-(VNA/VLLF)
