Vietnam is ready to welcome Azerbaijani military students to learn Vietnamese.

On September 4, in Hanoi, General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, presided over the welcoming ceremony for Senior Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov, Minister of National Defense of Azerbaijan, who paid an official visit to Vietnam to attend the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution and National Day, September 2.

At the talks after the welcoming ceremony, General Phan Van Giang affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to consolidating and strengthening the traditional friendship with Azerbaijan, which has been cultivated by President Ho Chi Minh and late President Heydar Aliev as well as many generations of leaders and people of the two countries.

General Phan Van Giang and Senior Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov review the Guard of Honor of the Vietnam People's Army.

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Notably, during General Secretary To Lam 's state visit to Azerbaijan last May, the two countries officially established a strategic partnership, contributing to creating a foundation for defense cooperation between Vietnam and Azerbaijan to develop more deeply and widely.

According to General Phan Van Giang, the construction of a monument in gratitude to Soviet military experts (including Azerbaijani experts) by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense at the Vietnam Military History Museum demonstrates the sentiments of the Party, State, army and people of Vietnam for Azerbaijan's valuable assistance in Vietnam's resistance wars, contributing to fostering the traditional friendship between the two countries and the two armies.

General Phan Van Giang speaks at the meeting. PHOTO: DINH HUY

The Minister of National Defense affirmed that Vietnam consistently implements a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, multilateralization and diversification of foreign relations, and perseveres in the "four no's" defense policy; Vietnam's consistent viewpoint is to persistently fight to resolve all disputes and disagreements by peaceful means on the basis of international law...

Regarding the direction of cooperation in the coming time, General Phan Van Giang suggested that the two sides study and coordinate to implement a number of contents such as: increasing short-term exchanges, promoting training cooperation; creating favorable conditions for defense enterprises of the two countries to contact and cooperate in the fields of defense industry, military trade, logistics - technology, supporting international multilateral activities organized by each side, and at the same time studying to expand the areas of cooperation that both sides have needs and potential.

In addition, it is proposed to consider opening a Defense Attaché Office in each country to promote defense cooperation between the two countries. Vietnam is ready to welcome Azerbaijani military students to study Vietnamese at the Academy of Military Sciences and attend an international defense official course at the Vietnam National Defense Academy.

Senior Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov at the meeting. PHOTO: DINH HUY

At the meeting, Senior Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense for inviting him to attend the National Day celebration on September 2 and pay an official visit to Vietnam.

He expressed his joy at witnessing the good relations between the two countries, especially after the visit of General Secretary To Lam, the relationship between the two countries was upgraded to a strategic partnership level.

General Phan Van Giang and Senior Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov signed a letter of intent between the two countries' Defense Ministries on cooperation in military training. PHOTO: DINH HUY

Senior Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov emphasized that the potential for cooperation between the two countries is still very large, and hoped that both sides would actively promote defense cooperation, thereby making substantial and effective contributions to the relationship between the two countries.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/viet-nam-san-sang-don-hoc-vien-quan-su-azerbaijan-sang-hoc-tieng-viet-185250904165523913.htm