A ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the victory of the southwest border defence war and the joint victory on January 7 of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal regime was held in Hanoi on January 4 with the participation of high-ranking leaders of the two countries.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc addresses the ceremony in Hanoi on January 4 (Photo: VNA)
The event was organised by
the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the State, and the
Government in conjunction with the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central
Committee.
Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the
historic victory on January 7, 1979 was a joint victory of the peoples of both
countries, as well as of the progressive people across the world.
For Vietnam, the victory of the southwest border defence war once again
affirmed the will and strength of the Vietnamese people, while demonstrating
the noble international spirit, the traditional fraternal and time-honoured
relationship, and the pure and wholehearted help from the Vietnamese Party,
State, armies and people to the Cambodian people.
The joint victory on January 7, 1979 completely eliminated the genocidal
regime, helping revive the Cambodian nation and people as well as opening up a
new era of independence, freedom, peace, reconciliation, development, and
prosperity for Cambodia, he said.
PM Phuc noted that after years at trial with hundreds of thousands of collected
documents and pieces of evidence, on November 16, 2018, the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia(ECCC) under the auspices of the United
Nations officially sentenced the two most senior surviving leaders of the
former Polpot regime to life in prison for committing genocide.
The judgment returns justice to innocent victims who were massacred by the
Polpot regime, and affirmed the bright just as well as impartial and pure
support of the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in Cambodia, he stressed.
Many monuments commemorating Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts and
Cambodian soldiers and people were built by the two Governments in both Vietnam
and Cambodia, PM Phuc said, adding that they have become beautiful symbols of
the close and unshakable friendship between the two nations.
The Vietnamese Government leader said he is pleased to see Cambodia as one of
the few countries in the world that have risen to a point of total
self-reliance, able to defend and develop itself after it had been supported by
other countries.
By now, under the reign of the Cambodian King and the leadership of Cambodian
People’s Party (CPP), the country has remained strong with political security,
social order, and safety well maintained and its economy growing ceaselessly.
Cambodia’s role and position has been constantly improved in the region and the
world.
Vietnam and Cambodia are promoting their relationship
underthemottoof "good neighbours,traditional
friendship,comprehensive cooperation, andlong-term sustainability”.
The political relations between the two countries have been constantly
strengthened, while their economic, trade, investment, and tourism ties have
also been growing over time.
Other fields of cooperation – such as people-to-people exchange and culture,
education-training, and health collaboration – have also witnessed active
development.
According to PM Phuc, the border areas of the two countries which were heavily
devastated in past wars have now become those of peace, friendship,
cooperation, and mutual development.
Authorities of the two countries have worked closely to strictly manage the
border line, and finished84 percentof the landborder
demarcationand marker planting. They are determined to finalise the work
as soon as possible.
Addressing the event, Standing Member of the CPP Central Committee and Vice
President of the Senate ofCambodia Tep Ngorn emphasised that his country
and Vietnam are good friends, neighbours, and partners.
The two countries have stepped into a new history by regaining independence,
sovereignty, territorial integrity, peace, freedom, and progress; thus
contributing to peace and security, cooperation, prosperity, economic
development in the region and the world, he said.
The Cambodian official expressed his sincere gratitude to the Party, State, the
VFF, the army and the people of Vietnam for their great sacrifices to save
Cambodian people from genocide, contributing to the quest of peace for the country.
According to him, Vietnam’s great, timely and effective support has helped turn
Cambodia from a country immersed in war, sufferings and devastation into a
country of complete peace, national unity, and development in all areas.
He highlighted the significance of the exchange of the state-level and official
visits between the two countries’ leaders in recent years, stating that they
have contributed to deepening the traditional solidarity, friendship, and
cooperation.
The bilateral relations are represented by achievements in all fields, from
politics and military to economic, social, cultural, and scientific
cooperation, he said.
The trade, investment, and tourism cooperation between the two countries are
increasingly promoted; while the two sides have devised many effective
solutions to border-related issues, especially as the work in border
demarcation and marker planting is nearly finished, Tep Ngorn said.
These factors have helped create a good environment for maintaining peace and
stability, while promoting economic growth and poverty reduction in both
nations, he affirmed.
He took the occasion to thank the Vietnamese Party, State, front and people who
have always given their physical and ideological support to the development of
human resources and infrastructure construction in Cambodia.
He affirmed that the event is very significant in further promoting the
solidarity, friendship, and cooperation between his country and Vietnam.
Source: VNA
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