Considered as a measure to protect the Fatherland from afar, from afar, defense diplomacy in general and border defense diplomacy in particular have contributed to firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. of the Fatherland, national-national interests, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national construction and development.
The Vietnam News Agency reporter had an interview with Major General Hoang Huu ChienDeputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the Vietnam Border Guard on this content.
– What is the position and role of Border Guard Foreign Affairs in the task of managing and protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security, Major General?
Major General Hoang Huu Chien: Talking about Border Guard diplomacy, this is a part of Defense Foreign Affairs, an important external channel for Border Guards to exchange information and situation, especially to deal with border cases. national borders with border guards of neighboring countries. Through border defense diplomacy has helped us understand you, you understand that we let the two sides jointly manage and protect the common border between the two countries.
Border Guard diplomacy contributes to fostering, consolidating and developing the friendship, cooperation and development relationship between the two sides of the border. Foreign Affairs Border defense also makes an important contribution to the external relations of the State, branches and forces at the border, building a border of peace, friendship and development.
– According to Major General, what are the outstanding results of the force’s foreign affairs work in recent years?
Major General Hoang Huu Chien: Foreign Affairs Border defense has many contributions to the overall results of defense diplomacy and depends on each period and each historical condition. Border defense diplomacy Very flexible, achieves a lot of results. Foreign Affairs Border Guard has gradually completed the legal basis.
Muong Nhe Border Guard Station, Border Guards of Dien Bien Province (Vietnam) and Company 117, Military Command of Phong Sa Ly Province (Laos) patrol landmark 21. (Photo: VNA broadcast)Borderlands security signed nearly 60 documents on border defense cooperation with border guard forces of bordering countries on border management and protection, crime prevention and control, border control, border gates, rescue rescue and rescue, especially epidemic prevention and control over the past two years.
The Border Guard has directly and cooperated with other branches and forces. Through foreign affairs, Border Guard has settled harmoniously, rationally, in accordance with policies, countermeasures and laws on border cases, ensuring national and national interests and creating stability on the border.
Also through Border Guard Foreign Affairs, we have strengthened border friendship exchanges in different sizes and forms from the Ministry of Defense, the Border Guard Command to the border posts and stations. Up to now, we have organized 18 border friendship exchanges, creating a good spillover in the relationship between the two countries, border authorities and people.
Every year, we have organized drills to prevent and fight crime, free migration, Illegal immigrationin order to improve coordination between forces on both sides of the border.
In the past time, we have strengthened the organization of twinning and so far, there have been nearly 200 pairs of border guard posts and stations with border protection units of your country and over 200 clusters of villages on both sides of the border. mean with each other. The Vietnamese border guards have supported and sponsored nearly 200 children from Laos and Cambodia with difficult circumstances under the program “Elevating children to school.”
For more than two years in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, Vietnam’s Border Guards have stood side by side with border guards of other countries to do well in epidemic prevention and control in association with the prevention and control of illegal entry and exit. cross the border very efficiently. We have helped you with medical equipment and supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control in a practical and effective way, strengthening the close relationship between the Vietnam Border Guard and the security forces. border of your country.
Especially in 2022 as “Vietnam-Laos, Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year,” the Border Guards have organized many meaningful, highly contagious and practical activities with the people and authorities. border guards of Laos and Cambodia such as exchanging young border guards, building civil works for the people of the two countries.
Sen Thuong Border Guard Station (Border Guards of Dien Bien Province, Vietnam) and Giang Thanh Border Management Company (Pu Er Border Management Squadron, China) patrol bilaterally. (Photo: broadcast by VNA)These results have confirmed the important position and role of Border Defense Foreign Affairs in Defense Foreign Affairs, an important factor in stabilizing the border situation, sovereignty, territory and national borders; The relationship between government and people, border guard forces on both sides of the border has always been consolidated and developed, creating stability for economic and social development on the border lines.
– So, Major General, how has the Border Guard Command innovated the content and methods of Border Guard diplomacy in the new situation?
Major General Hoang Huu ChienAt present, Border Guard Foreign Affairs continues to be affirmed as a measure of border management and protection of the Border Guard in the Law on Border Protection of Vietnam.
Currently, the situation on the border lines has certain changes, the fourth industrial revolution has had a great impact on the management and protection of the border; demand for border crossing and border crossing is very great; border, border gate is also the place to create the driving force for the development of the border region and the country. Therefore, border guard diplomacy needs to innovate in terms of content and methods to meet the requirements of integration of our country with neighboring countries.
The work of advising the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense needs to be proactive, flexible, creative, practical and effective, solving problems of border management and protection in a stable and appropriate manner. in line with the Party and State’s foreign policy and viewpoints.
We need to diversify Border Guard Foreign Affairs activities at different levels and levels, from the High Command to the Border Guard posts and stations on the border lines and must be close and suitable to the actual situation in Vietnam. units and borders. At the same time, promoting strength and resources in foreign affairs, combining well with State diplomacy and people’s diplomacy, creating a synergy of all levels and branches across the border.
Continue to expand Border Guard relations with other countries such as Russia, India… and a number of other countries to strengthen international cooperation on Border Guard in training, training, equipment… in order to strengthen the border guard’s capacity to manage and protect the border, to meet the requirements and tasks in the current situation.
In 2023, the Border Guard will continue to carry out key external activities on the border lines. The focus is on the 8th Vietnam-China Border Defense Friendship Exchange; The 2nd Vietnam-Laos, Vietnam-Cambodia border defense friendship exchange; Border exchange of friendship with border guards of the Mekong sub-region for the 4th time; Exchange of party and political work with the National Immigration Bureau of China. Along with that, many other external border guard activities will be held in Border Guard units.
It should be affirmed that in 2023, Border Guard Foreign Affairs will continue to be affirmed as a bright spot in defense diplomacy with many rich and effective activities. Through these activities, it continues to affirm the important position and role of border defense diplomacy in border management and protection for peace, stability, cooperation and development.
– Thank you very much, Major General!./.
Hanh Quynh (VNA/Vietnam+)