VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The Laos-Vietnam-Cambodia Summit convened in Phnom Penh during the weekend as the leaders of the three ruling parties pledged to further deepen strategic cooperation and reinforce their longstanding solidarity amid evolving regional and international developments.
Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith; General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam; and President of the Cambodian People’s Party and President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, attended the summit.
The meeting was of significant importance in bolstering cooperative relations between the three parties and nations, aiming to further strengthen their solidarity, mutual trust, and wide-ranging cooperation in a new era of development.
The summit was the fourth meeting to be convened under the trilateral mechanism agreed upon by the three parties. The leaders shared views on important regional and international developments, reviewed each Party and nation’s current situation, assessed the outcomes of past cooperation, and discussed the trajectory of future trilateral collaboration.
The leaders congratulated one another on the achievements of their respective parties and countries in recent years. They expressed deep appreciation for the longstanding mutual support and assistance between them, from the past to the present.
They observed that the Laos-Vietnam-Cambodia relationship is strategically significant for the development of each country, emphasising that the time-honoured solidarity, friendship, and mutual trust among the three parties and peoples constitute an invaluable shared heritage.
This relationship, they stressed, is essential to the long-term missions of national protection and development and must continue to be preserved, strengthened, and further enhanced.
The leaders said they highly valued the growing cooperation among the three parties, states, and peoples, noting that collaboration has become increasingly broad, deep, and practical. Political relations were reaffirmed as the foundation and guiding pillar providing overall direction for cooperation in all fields.
Cooperation in defence and security has strengthened to ensure continuing peace and stability, while economic cooperation continues to advance, with a focus on integration within the ASEAN economic framework.
The three Party chiefs agreed to further enhance coordination and solidarity to ensure that trilateral cooperation remains effective, substantive, and responsive to regional and global developments. -- Vientiane Times/ANN
