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| Barack Obama Banishes Vietnam War E |
| Barack Obama Banishes Vietnam War Era With Lifting Of Arms Ban
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 23-May-2016
12:46:30 PM |
| US President Barack Obama today scrapped a Cold War-era ban on weapons sales to Vietnam, as ties between the former foes grow closer thanks to trade and mutual fears of Chinese expansion in disputed seas.
The announcement, made at the start of Obama's three-day visit to Vietnam, could strengthen Hanoi's hand against Beijing, which has been increasingly assertive in its claims to contested areas of the South China Sea.
"Over the past century, our two nations have known cooperation and then conflict, painful separation, and a long reconciliation," Obama said at a press conference alongside Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang.
The move, Obama added, was not prompted by China's regional manoeuvres but came as the countries entered a "new moment" taking them towards a "normalisation" of ties.
Quang welcomed the rollback of the ban, hailing the shared "common concerns and interests" that now bind the two countries.
The Obama administration has pitched this week's trip as an opportunity to push ties beyond the period of rapprochement, with Vietnam a vital plank in America's much vaunted pivot to the Asia-Pacific.
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