(VOVworld) - France stands ready to share its experience with Vietnam in UN peacekeeping operations and will do its utmost to help the country engage in the mission as best as possible. The remarks were made by French Deputy Ambassador Remi Lambert at a conference in Hanoi on Thursday.


The two-day event is jointly held by the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre and the French Embassy’s Defence Attache with the aim of enhancing understanding, friendship and cooperation between the two countries in peacekeeping. Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, spoke highly the fruitful cooperation between the two countries in various areas, including peacekeeping. He said he hoped that France will support Vietnamese candidates for UN peacekeeping missions. Vietnam has dispatched seven officers to join UN peacekeeping forces in South Sudan and Central Africa.