VIENTIANE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachit has called for the modernization and improvement of the Lao People's Army and encouraged military personnel to ensure national security and political stability in the interests of socio-economic development.
Bounnhang offered his advice to the army during a two-day meeting last week to review national security over the past year and discuss the plan for next year, reported Lao state-run Vientiane Times on Monday.
During the meeting, he suggested that leading officials of the Ministry of National Defense and commanding committees at all levels pay great attention to implementing the party's national defense guidelines. He stressed the need to improve and modernize the army so that it properly fulfills its role as a core force in carrying out the two strategic tasks of national defense and development, and achieves success in performing assigned tasks.
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