On Friday, Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong received a courtesy visit from the Indonesian World Peace Committee delegation on the occasion of its 4-day working visit (16-19 Sep) to the Lao PDR to see the World Peace Gong the Indonesian government presented to Laos in 2008.
Laos is the first country in ASEAN and the fourth country in the world to have a World Peace Gong installed in the country along with China, India and Mozambique.
In addition, the Indonesian World Peace Committee stated that the significant contribution of Laos to the peace protection mission is highly valued and that they are happy to see that World Gong remains in good condition.
The Indonesian delegation was led by the President of the World Peace Committee, Mr Djudjuk Juyoto Suntani.
At the bilateral talks at the Government Office in Vientiane, Prime Minister Thongsing gave a warm welcome and highly valued the visit to Laos of the Indonesian World Peace Committee as a significant contribution to strengthening the cooperation and sound longstanding relations between the governments and people of Laos and Indonesia.
He also informed his guests about current events in socio-economic development in the Lao PDR.
Prime Minster Thongsing told the guests that the Lao government bases its foreign policy on peace, independence, friendship and cooperation and assured the guest that the Lao PDR would continue to protect the World Peace Gong so that it can be with Lao people for a long time in the future.
Mr Djudjuk Juyoto Suntani expressed thanks to Prime Minster Thongsing for his warm welcome and informed him of the objective of the Indonesian World Peace Committee delegation’s visit to Laos.