Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets Lao Minister of Public Security Somkeo Silavong in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) During a meeting with Lao Minister of Public SecuritySomkeo Silavong in Hanoi on March 16, the PM expressed his hope that the publicsecurity ministries of the two countries will continue supporting each other inprotecting national security and social order and safety in each country in allcircumstances.
The two ministries should maintain meetings between leadersof agencies and local police in diverse and flexible forms to exchangeinformation and experience, thus promptly handlingarising problems and crushingschemes to harm bilateral ties.
They should also strengthen cooperation on personneltraining, he added.
The two sides should also work together to foil hostileforces’ sabotage activities that aim to induce ethnic minority people, whilepreventing crimes and hunting criminals, ensuring a shared border of peace,stability and development.
PM Phucpledged that the Vietnamese side is willing to shareexperience with and support Laos in its national construction and development.
For his part, SomkeoSilavong briefed the host on theoutcomes of his visit, especially his talks with the leader of the Ministry ofPublic Security of Vietnam.
The two ministries agreed to implement their cooperation in2017 in accordance with agreements reached between leaders of the two Parties,States and Governments to suit the reality, especially amidst the changingworld situation, he said.
He also underscored the importance of security affiliationbetween the two countries, noting that the two sides should continue fightingall schemes of hostile forces to destroy the bilateral relations.
The same day, Minister of Public Security Senior LieutenantTo Lam held talks with his Lao counterpart, during which he lauded the fruitfulcooperation between the two ministries in 2016.
The two sides’ competent agencies regularly exchangedinternational and regional information related to the national security as wellas social order and safety in each country, he noted.
He suggested that this year they effectively implementagreements reached by leaders of both countries in the new situation, whilemaintaining meetings between senior leaders to discuss issued related tosecurity and order in each country.
The two sides should also collaborate in raidingcross-border drug trafficking rings and hunting criminals, ensure utmostsecurity and safety during visits and meetings of Party and State leaders, andcreatefavourable conditions for citizens of this country to live and worklegally in the other.
SomkeoSilavong expressed his pleasure with the strongpolitical trust between the two countries as well as the two ministries’affiliation and mutual support at the world arena, which contribute to preservingnational interest and security of each country.
He also showed high consensus on the cooperationorientations between the two ministries in 2017, adding that he hopes theirpartnership will become more fruitful in the future.
On the occasion, the two ministers also signed the 2017 cooperationminutes between their ministries.-VNA
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