General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) To Lam, President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Hun Sen and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired a meeting of the chiefs of the three Parties at the CPP headquarters in Phnom Penh on February 6, according to a report from the Vietnam News Agency.
Also attending the meeting were the Prime Ministers of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; the Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly; and the President of the Cambodian National Assembly.
Held in a warm and friendly atmosphere, the leaders noted that the meeting took place as the CPV and the LPRP had successfully concluded their national congresses, while the CPP was effectively implementing its political platform for the 2023–2028 period, providing an important foundation for strengthening strategic exchanges, consolidating political trust and agreeing on major orientations for trilateral cooperation in a new stage of development.
General Secretary To Lam briefed the participants on Vietnam’s situation and the important and strategic outcomes of the 14th National Congress of the CPV, stressing that the congress reaffirmed the country's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of external relations, with priority given to the friendly neighbourliness and special traditional ties with Laos and Cambodia, as well as proactive and active contributions to peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the world.
The Party chief underscored Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching great importance to consolidating and developing the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation among the three countries.
CPP President Hun Sen and LPRP General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith thanked General Secretary To Lam for sharing Vietnam’s socio-economic achievements and the success of the 14th National Congress of the CPV. They lauded the CPV’s comprehensive reform policy, strategic mindset and leadership capacity in the new development period, expressing their confidence that under the CPV's sound leadership headed by General Secretary To Lam, Vietnam will successfully implement the congress’s resolution, becoming a developing country with modern industry and upper-middle income by 2030 and a developed socialist nation with high income by 2045.
Reviewing the past year, the three leaders agreed that the trilateral cooperation reaped positive achievements and has been strengthened and developed across all fields. Political and diplomatic relations remained the core pillar, while defence and security cooperation played a key role, with notable outcomes including the joint meeting of the defence ministers and a trilateral search-and-rescue exercise in Laos.
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