United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visited Cam Ranh port Wednesday 03/6/2012. AFP phot

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has an official visit to Vietnam from 4 to 5 months 3 days during the visit, the Russian consolidated container defense minister to visit Cam Ranh Bay, which is a Russian naval base before. Vietnam Ha interview with Southeast Asia expert, Professor Carl Thayer of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Russian military consolidated container cooperation Vietnam First of all, talking about Russian military cooperation Vietnam last time, Professor Carl Thayer commented: "In November 1978, the two countries signed a defense and military cooperation within 25 years. Then Vietnam to Cambodia troops liberated Cambodia, and Russia is in Cam Ranh. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and because of the difficulty of trying to squeeze the Russian economy Vietnam to pay the debt with former Soviet Union, Vietnam demanded that the rent Cam Ranh and the Russian Federation has decided to withdraw from here. Since then, Vietnam has signed an agreement to 9 strategic partners in other countries, major countries, The first is Russia in 2001, 11 years later, was upgraded to a comprehensive consolidated container cooperative consolidated container partnership. As I understand it caused a lot of Russian weapons to Vietnam. consolidated container Vietnam is the first time in 10 markets the largest importer of Russian arms. In summary, the economic cooperation of the two countries have more down time and mainly in oil and gas, and defense cooperation Vietnam always depend on weapons consolidated container technology of the former Soviet Union and now Russia. So I can say that Vietnam to buy more weapons from Russia was the main reason given defense cooperation of the two countries on a strategic level. Vietnam Hanoi: Vietnam consolidated container has military cooperation with China and the US, the difference between the relations with Russia than in China and the US do? GS. Carl Thayer: The relationships have different objectives. Relations with the US military cooperation based on the memorandum of the two sides on 5 domains, ie partnerships are not high, just as the high-level dialogue and cooperation on health, search and rescue ... With China relations are mostly joint patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin, and can be set up hotlines between the Department of Defense, and the exchange of personnel training. But with Russia, because Vietnam to buy a large quantity consolidated container of weapons from Russia, Vietnam consolidated container sent to the Russian people to be trained to use and maintenance, and repair of this equipment. Russia is the leading arms supplier to Vietnam than that of the US and China. My only be sold to Vietnam some kind of weapon damage caused by the embargo on weapons, and the sale of weapons has not improved since the human rights situation in Vietnam. China has sold to Vietnam and light weapons such as ammunition, but Vietnam has always factories to produce these weapons. consolidated container So 3 this cooperation is very different. For Russia is the training of technicians for the use and maintenance of weapons and arms sales to Vietnam in large numbers. My main problem is the influence of political security, with China, too. Relations with the United States and China in the parallel, both were raised to level dialogue Deputy Defense. Russia will return to Cam Ranh? Vietnam Ha: Russian Defense Minister consolidated container to visit Cam Ranh Bay, where the capital of the Russian naval base in the past. There is much speculation that Russia will return to Cam Ranh, but also ideas that can not. What do you think about the possibility of Vietnam to allow foreign naval base at Cam Ranh play? GS. Carl Thayer: There are two possibilities consolidated container that we have to talk to. Russian Navy repeatedly made statements about the possibility of returning to Cam Ranh if they want while the leadership in Moscow repeatedly said no because there is no money. That is one aspect. The second is that in 2004 and 2009 Vietnam Defence white paper and white paper are both made it clear that no country was in the Navy stationed in Vietnam. By the end of 2009 or in 2010, officials said Vietnam's commercial facilities in Cam Ranh port will be open to the navies but not for military purposes. The US is the first country to ship to fix this, but only in small degree about 500 thousand dollars consolidated container once edited. Then when Vietnam ordered six Kilo submarines, Vietnam must have somewhere to park the boat, and the Cam Ranh naval base of Russia consolidated container before, consolidated container where parking submarine Vietnam. So Vietnam has asked Russia to upgrade the equipment consolidated container here to provide technical assistance for this purpose. From 2014 to 2016 Vietnam will receive the submarine. Both Russia and China have sent ships to the Gulf of Aden anti-piracy, the ship went the long way through consolidated container the Strait of Malacca, the South China Sea and returned to China and the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia.
United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visited Cam Ranh port Wednesday 03/6/2012. AFP photo China wants to send ships to visit Cam Ranh and Russia have done so in the past, but Vietnam has yet to foreign naval vessels to visit Cam Ranh.