June 12, 2021 | 19:26 (GMT+7)
Vietnam attends virtual ADSOM+ Working Group Meeting
PANO - The ASEAN Defense Senior Officials' Meeting Plus Working Group (ADSOM+ WG) convened for a virtual meeting on June 11 under the chair of Haji Adi Ihram Bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Policy and Strategy of the Brunei Defense Ministry and Head of Brunei’s ADSOM+ WG.
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Senior Colonel Pham Manh Thang, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Relations attending the meeting |
The event was attended by heads of ADSOM+WG of ASEAN member countries, representatives of Defense Ministries of the bloc’s partners (Russia, China, the U.S., Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India) and representatives of the ASEAN Secretariat.
The Vietnamese delegation to the meeting was led by Senior Colonel Pham Manh Thang, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Relations under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense.
This was the third meeting that Brunei had hosted during the country’s 2021 ASEAN Chairmanship Year.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Head of Brunei’s ADSOM+ WG highlighted the active participation of ASEAN member countries and the bloc’s partners in the event, affirming that their attendance showed their support for Brunei as ASEAN Chair in 2021. He expressed belief that the meeting will be a success.
As reported, this ADSOM+WG was held to review the final preparations for the 8th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM+) which is scheduled to take place virtually on June 16. Delegates discussed and agreed on the agenda and draft joint statement for the upcoming 8th ADMM+.
Translated by Tran Hoai