Rajnath Singh, India’s defence minister, met with General Phan Van Giang, Vietnam’s minister of national defence, on Monday to strengthen defence cooperation between the two nations.
Vietnam’s national defence minister, General Phan Van Giang, will visit India from June 18 to 19. While he is there, the minister will take a cultural vacation to Agra.
General Phan Van Giang, Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence, laid a wreath at this location’s National War Memorial earlier in the day. Additionally, the two will talk about global and regional issues of importance.
India and Vietnam have a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. A press release from the Ministry of Defence claims that bilateral defence collaborations are a crucial tenet.
According to the release, defence engagements between the two nations have diversified to include wide-ranging contacts between the services, military-to-military exchanges, high-level visits, capacity building and training programmes, cooperation in UN Peacekeeping, ship visits and bilateral exercises.
During Rajnath Singh’s visit to Vietnam in June 2022, major overarching guiding documents namely ‘Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030’ and a Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Mutual Logistics Support’ were signed that have significantly enhanced the scope and scale of defence cooperation between both the countries.
Meanwhile, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar and Vice Chairman of National Boundary Commission of Vietnam Trinh Duc Hai recently discussed ways to further strengthen India-Vietnam bilateral relations including in the realm of defence, security and maritime cooperation.
“Secy (East) @AmbSaurabhKumar met Vice Chairman Trinh Duc Hai of the National Boundary Commission of Vietnam today. Discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral relations including in the realm of defence, security and maritime cooperation,” MEA Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
