First Vietnam-Japan strategic defence dialogue
(VOV) - Vietnam and Japan will increase cooperation on national defence through delegation exchange and training.
They will also share experience in international peacekeeping deployments, bomb and mine clearance and naval medicine.
The agreement was reached at the first deputy ministerial-level strategic dialogue in Hanoi on November 26 between Vietnamese Deputy National Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and his Japanese counterpart Hironori Kanazawa.
They held that the two sides will continue supporting each other at multilateral forums, such as the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM+) and the ASEAN Regional Forum Plus (ARF+), and seek peaceful solutions to sea and island sovereignty disputes in line with international law.
They will create a roadmap for dialogues, mechanisms, and methods implementing the initiatives the two defence ministers signed in October 2011, helping to reinforce the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership.
Both host and guest concurred that the bilateral relations between their respective nations are entering a new period of development - a period in which national defence cooperation and the strategic partnership will play crucial roles.
Through exchange visits at all levels, the two countries have established mutual trust and understanding and given impetus to effective and practical cooperation on national defence.
Hironori Kanazawa and his diplomatic retinue met with National Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh on the same day.
The delegation is also scheduled to visit Air Defence and Air Force Service B.61, the Vietnam Military History Museum, and the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.