Vietnam, EU boost cooperation in UN peacekeeping
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh met Axelle Nicaise, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam, in Hanoi on Monday to discuss the next steps in building the EU-Vietnam Partnership on Security and Defence.
 Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh meets Axelle Nicaise, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam in Hanoi on February 10, 2020. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Axelle said the EU has adopted a Framework Participation Agreement (FPA) establishing a legal framework for Vietnam’s participation in EU-led civilian and military crisis management operations.
She added that the EU has sent Colonel Geoffroy Hartmann, a French active military officer and an expert on UN peacekeeping, to work with the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations to support future cooperation programs between the two sides as part of a EU-funded pilot program.
Mr. Vinh underscored the need for specific plans to realize what Vietnam and the EU have agreed to. He urged the EU to continue conducting French courses to prepare Vietnamese officers to participate in UN peacekeeping activities.