FM Spokeswoman on President Bush' s missile defence system
On May 3rd, 2001, asked about Viet Nam's reaction to U.S President G. Bush's decision to deploy the national missile defence (NMD) system, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh said:
"Having fought against aggressive wars and suffered great losses caused by such wars, the Vietnamese people fully share the aspiration of the regional and world peoples for peace, stability and development.
Viet Nam supports for all efforts to achieve all-round and complete disarmament, above all the nuclear disarmament.
"Any move to accelerate the arms race, threaten peace, security and stability in the world is running counter to the world people's desire for peace, stability, cooperation and development," the spokeswoman stressed.--VNA
