Washington (VNA) – Although Vietnam and the US have seen
encouraging outcomes of cooperation in dealing with war aftermath, there are
much for them to do in the field, said Timothy Lieser, senior advisor at the US
Senate Appropriations Committee.
In an interview with Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents in
the US, Lieser, who is also foreign policy assistant at Senator Patrick Leahy’s
Office, said he understood the war pain through what he witnessed during his
visits to Vietnam.
Like some US Senators such as Patrick Leahy and late Senator
John McCain, he saw the need to work to support both sides in overcoming
consequences of the war and help Vietnamese people who still are suffering from
the war pain.
Lieser shared difficulties in the beginning as not every
American understands the huge damage that the war left in Vietnam as well as
the significance of reconciliation.
Furthermore, some members of the US administration even
opposed the implementation of the work, and argued that it was necessary to
focus on US matters and the demands of US war veterans rather than that of
other country.
However, that was the right time to help the community and
US people to get better understanding in historical matters between the two
countries as well as the need to put aside the past to build trust and
bilateral cooperation, he stated.
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