Vietnam and Indonesia beefs up air force-air defence cooperation

PANO - Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 21:58 (GMT+7)

PANO – The effective implementation of agreed measures would contribute to boosting the air force-air defence cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia.

Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty (R) presenting a souvenir to Indonesian Air Chief Marshal Inda Bagus Putu Dunia
It was stated by Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Deputy Minister of National Defence at the reception to Air Chief Marshal Inda Bagus Putu Dunia, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force who is leading a delegation to visit Vietnam.

At the meeting on May 20th at the Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s Headquarters, the visiting Air Chief Marshal informed the host of the outcome of the talk with Vietnamese Air Defence-Air Force Service, focusing on the closer cooperation in the time to come.

Appreciating highly the results of the talk, General Ty suggested tightening the cooperation through exchanging delegations at all levels, sharing information, experience on safe flights, equipment repair, and coordinating in search and rescue at sea and professional training.

General Ty also confirmed that leaders from the Ministry of National Defence, the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army would create favourable conditions for the two air forces to boost their cooperative

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