At the meeting held on February 6, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee To Lam underscored Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching great importance to consolidating and developing the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation among the three countries.

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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