Talks on coordination in border protection between Vietnam and Laos

Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Commander of the Border Guard, and Major General Syphan Phut Tha Vong, Director of the Border Guard Department, General Staff of the Lao People's Army co-chaired the meeting. Attending the talks were representatives of leaders and commanders of the Border Guard Departments and Commands of Vietnamese provinces and Military Commands of Lao provinces.

Speaking at the meeting, Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Major General Sy Phan Phut Tha Vong highly appreciated the cooperation between the two countries' border protection forces in recent times. There were 5 highlights: The two sides have actively and proactively implemented the Agreement between the two governments on resolving the issue of illegal migration and unregistered marriages in the border areas of the two countries; Actively exchanged information on the plots, tricks, and sabotage activities of hostile forces and reactionary organizations in exile, etc.

Actively propagate and mobilize people to comply with the Protocol on border lines and border markers between Vietnam and Laos. Agreement on the Regulations on management of land borders and border gates between Vietnam and Laos. Agreements on borders, territories and other issues signed by the two governments;

The coordination mechanism is increasingly closer and more effective; the Border Guard Commands of Vietnam's provinces and the Military Commands of Laos' provinces, Vietnamese border posts and Lao border guard companies regularly organize meetings, exchange information, coordinate bilateral patrols, and proactively coordinate to resolve issues occurring in the border area on the basis of solidarity, friendship, trust and mutual understanding;

The two sides signed and exchanged the minutes of the cooperation agreement.

At the same time, coordinate well in organizing exchange programs to strengthen solidarity between the two countries and armies, especially the border protection forces of the two countries.

In order to deepen the coordination work, in the coming time, the two sides highly agreed to seriously implement the high-level agreements between the leaders of the Party, State and Army of the two countries. Especially the 5-year cooperation protocol and the Vietnam - Laos Defense Cooperation Plan;

The two sides agreed to improve the effectiveness of coordination in preventing security crimes, cross-border crimes, and terrorist crimes; continue to propagate for the masses to strictly implement the Protocol on Vietnam-Laos border lines and markers; support training and fostering of officials, and exchange experiences with each other.