Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday stated the excellent strategic partnership between India and Vietnam was rising as a “source of security, stability and progress in the region.”
Jaishankar was talking when he visited the Indian sail coaching ship INS Sudarshini, which was on a port name coinciding along with his four-day official go to to Vietnam.
“Vietnam is the only nation to which India has gifted a fully operational missile corvette INS Kirpan. The joint commission that I see further deepens our defence relations. So, today as INS Sudarshini docks in Ho Chi Minh City, let me say that the strong and favourable winds of our growing partnership will fill our sails that will help synchronise our efforts in order to race ahead,” the Minister stated addressing the gathering on board the INS Sudarshini.
“From what I understood from the briefing, this training ship highlights the importance of discipline, hard work, ability to adapt, competence to the right press, and the courage to face unforeseen situations,” he stated.
“Our defence engagements today span a wide spectrum of capacity building of defence industry, UN peacekeeping, submarine and pilot training and of course, bilateral ship visits and exercises,” he added.
Quickly after the programme on board the INS Sudarshini, Jaishankar took to publish on X together with three photographs of his go to: “Delighted to go to INS Sudarshini which docked in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis this morning. Its go to reaffirms our lengthy maritime custom.
Our Complete Strategic Partnership has constructed on that, rising as a supply of safety, stability and progress within the area.”Jaishankar interacted with the younger crew, Vietnamese navy personnel and senior officers.
Jaishankar held talks along with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son on a spread of points. The 2 ministers co-chaired the 18th India-Vietnam Joint Fee Assembly on financial, commerce, scientific and technological cooperation and reviewed progress on the India-Vietnam Complete Strategic Partnership together with bilateral cooperation in varied fields.
He additionally known as on Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and held discussions with the Chairman of the Exterior Relations Fee of the Communist Social gathering of Vietnam, Le Hoai Trung.
The minister’s go to to the strategically-located Southeast Asian nation comes lower than three months after India gifted missile corvette INS Kirpan to the Vietnamese armed forces, in reflection of the rising bilateral strategic partnership amid frequent issues over China’s more and more aggressive behaviour within the South China Sea.
It was the primary time that India handed over a completely operational corvette to any pleasant overseas nation. From Vietnam, Jaishankar will journey to Singapore for a go to from October 19 to twenty.