VIETNAMESE DELEGATION IN NEW DELHI
The Vice Defence Minister
of Vietnam Senior Lt General Nguyen Huy Hieu held delegation level
talks with the Defence Secretary Shri Ajay Prasad in New Delhi
today. The main thrust of the talks was on further strengthening
the bilateral defence cooperation. Both sides briefed each other
about the existing challenges to regional security in South Asia.
Issues of imparting training to Vietnamese defence personnel and
the need for increased interaction between the Navies and Coast
Guard of both the countries figured in the talks.
The other members of the Indian
delegation were Shri Ranjit Issar Additional Secretary (Defence),
Shri Gautam Mukhopadhyay Joint Secretary (PIC), Shri Tapan Ray
Joint Secretary (Defence Production and Supplies), Major General
RK Mehta Additional Director General Army Headquarters, Rear Admiral
Ajit Tiwari Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Air Vice Marshal BN
Gokhale, Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Inspector General P Paleri
Deputy Director General Coast Guard and Shri RK Parmar, Director
International Cooperation.
The Vietnamese delegation
comprised of Lt Gen Nguyen Ngoc Van, Director Military Strategy
Institute, Senior Col Phan Thai Minh, Deputy Director External
Relations Department, Senior Col Nguyen Hong Sinh, Secretary of
the Vice Minister, Senior Col Le Ho Can, Head of External Relations
Section and Senior Colonel Nguyen Van Vui, Defence Advisor. in
the Vietnamese embassy in New Delhi .
