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Vietnam joins drill on peacekeeping, mine action in Indonesia
Vietnam joins drill on peacekeeping, mine action in Indonesia
16/9/19
Vietnam
is taking part in a field exercise on peacekeeping operations and humanitarian
mine action that opened
at the Indonesia
Peace and Security Centrein Sentul city on September 16.
The
drill until September 20 comes within the framework of the experts’ working
groups of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and the ADMM Plus.
It
is attended by more than 500 personnel from the 10 ASEAN members and eight
partner countries, namely the US, China, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand,
India, Russia, Australia and Japan.
The
team of the Vietnamese Defence Ministry consists of 33 officers divided into
two groups. The group for the peacekeeping drill is led by Col. Nguyen Nhu
Canh, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and
the other for the humanitarian mine action drill, by Col. Pham Huu Tuan, Deputy
Chief of the engineering arm’s staff.
Opening
the exercise, Indonesian Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu highly valued the
defence cooperation among the ADMM Plus members in the recent past, especially
in peacekeeping operations and humanitarian mine action.
He
said those activities have helped improve the member countries’ capacity to
contribute more effectively to UN peacekeeping missions and the settlement of
post-war unexploded ordnances. They are also a practical defence cooperation
channel to enhance the solidarity and mutual understanding among the members of
the ADMM Plus.
The
exercise is a good chance for the countries to share experience in humanitarian
activities, the official said, applauding the engagement of servicewomen in the
event which, he said, is in line with the UN’s encouragement of women’s
participation in peacekeeping
operations.
Col.
Canh said this is the first time Vietnam has taken part in this exercise, and
the participation has affirmed the country’s sense of responsibility towards
common activities of ASEAN and the ADMM Plus.
Following
Indonesia and Australia’s co-chairmanship of the ADMM Plus experts’ working
group on peacekeeping operations, Vietnam and Japan will co-chair the group for
2020-2023.
Therefore,
this time’s exercise is a good chance for Vietnam to gain experience in
organising multilateral peacekeeping drills to prepare for future events. It is
also an occasion to improve relevant sides’ capacity in personnel training and
readying forces for UN peacekeeping operations in the time ahead, he added./.
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Vietnam will host the eighth annual general meeting of the ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) in August 2020. This will be the first time Vietnam assumes an important role relating to peacekeeping activities by hosting the eighth APCN meeting and chairing the Association of Asia-Pacific Peace Operations Training Centres.
Vietnam has committed to proactively participating in the UN’s peacekeeping activities, and enhancing collaboration to improve ASEAN’s peacekeeping capability. The country’s efforts have been acknowledged by the UN and international friends.
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