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Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev reads out President Vladimir Putin’s greetings to the 8th Moscow Conference on International Security on April 24 (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam is attending the eighth Moscow Conference on International Security that opened in the Russian capital on April 24. The delegation is led by Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang – Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence. They are among more than 1,000 delegates from 111 countries and international organisations to the event. The conference from April 23 to 25 focuses on current security challenges and threats at global and regional levels, terrorist threats, new approaches and cooperation in military and regional security in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Vietnamese delegation will attend all the four plenums and four special sessions of the event. At … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends Moscow conference on int’l security

Protesters hold a national flag under a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian Golan Heights, during a demonstration on Tuesday. — AFP PhotoViet Nam News UNITED NATIONS — The United States faced sharp criticism on Wednesday at the UN Security Council over its decision to recognise the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, which big powers denounced as a violation of UN resolutions. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday in which the United States recognised Israel’s annexation of the strategic plateau that it seized in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Britain, Washington’s closest ally, said the decision was in violation of Resolution 497 that declared Israel’s annexation of the Golan as "null and void". France warned that any attempt to turn away from international law was "doomed to fail" as the United States prepares to unveil its Middle East peace proposals. Russia appealed to governments to reject the US decision and to … [Read more...] about US under fire at UN over Golan decision

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (Source: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on March 25 that he has approved a budget of 15 million USD to purchase armoured vehicles for the country’s peacekeeping forces operating in Mali. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen stressed that this is required by the UN and that Cambodia must contribute to peacekeeping operations as well as protect its forces. Cambodia first sent its troops abroad in 2006. The Southeast Asian nation has contributed a total of 5,785 soldiers to UN peacekeeping missions in eight countries, namely Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, Lebanon, Mali, Syria, and Cyprus. In Mali alone, Cambodia has sent 309 troops to join the UN peacekeeping mission since 2014. In 2017, four Cambodian peacekeepers in the Central African Republic were killed by a rebel group during a convoy attack near Bangassou city. –VNA  … [Read more...] about Cambodian peacekeepers equipped with armoured vehicles

* The leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong-un, has instructed officials to make "good technical preparations" for a second DPRK-US summit, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on January 24. * French President Emmanuel Macron said on January 23 that France is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China in international affairs and to work together to safeguard multilateralism. * At least two children were killed and 50 people injured in an explosion south of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudanese Police announced Wednesday. * Algeria and Mali on January 23 vowed to increase security cooperation on their shared border, at the fourth Joint Security Commission which kicked off in Algiers. * A mass grave believed to be containing as many as 1,000 decomposed bodies was found Wednesday in the countryside of the Raqqa province, the former de-facto capital of the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Syria, a war monitor … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: January 24