April, 21 2011
VNS (Hanoi)
HCM CITY — President Nguyen Minh Triet applauded the strong ties enjoyed by Indochina on the sidelines of the Viet Nam-Laos-Cambodia security ministerial meeting in HCM City yesterday.
The State leader made the statement while meeting Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sar Khenh, and Lao Minister of Security Thongbanh Sengaphone.
Triet pointed out that the three nations would encounter many difficulties in the future but that the solidarity shared by the Indonchinese countries would stand them in good stead.
“The three nations have to unite and cultivate genuine trust in each other in order to strengthen co-operation and mutual assistance in national defence, thus meeting the three peoples’ common aspirations for peace and stability for development,” Triet said.
He reaffirmed Viet Nam’s unswerving desire to expand relations with its best friends – Laos and Cambodia – as an important part of its foreign policy and pledged to stand by their side in national development.
On behalf of the three ministers, Kheng briefed Triet on the security meeting, which culminated in the signing of a joint statement calling for stronger co-operation in the fight against crime to ensure security and social order in the region and the development of Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Border security
Yesterday, the first ever conference on trans-border security between the three neighbouring countries reviewed past co-operation for border security and ways to enhance security.
It was chaired by Viet Nam’s Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh, and attended by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng, and Lao Public Security Minister Thongbanh Sengaphone,
Anh said co-operation has been gradually strengthened, contributing to the three nations’ political stability, social order, and socio-economic development.
“The co-operation is highly appreciated by the three countries’ leaders,” he said.
They joined hands to fight trans-border crimes and human and drug trafficking and shared information, he said.
The countries were committed to further intensifying the exchange of information and border co-ordination, he added.
Kheng said the co-operation between the three countries played an important role in ensuring security, social order, and economic growth.
“The security co-operation is becoming more and more effective,” he added.
Sengaphone praised the border provinces in the three countries for effectively carrying out the tasks of sharing information and preventing trans-border crimes.
The delegates agreed to take turns to host the conference every two years, with Cambodia next holding it in 2013.
Kheng and Sengaphone were also received by President Nguyen Minh Triet, who was on a visit to HCM City
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