JAKARTA, Thursday 16 November 2023 – The 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) successfully convened at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia today. The meeting was chaired by His Excellency Prabowo Subianto, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, and was attended by defence ministers and representatives from the ASEAN and Plus countries as well as from Timor Leste as an observer of the ADMM and related meetings.
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II, who headed the Brunei Darussalam delegation to the 17th ADMM on 15 November 2023, attended this meeting. He was accompanied by Yang Mulia Brigadier General (Retired) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Alirupendi bin Haji Perudin, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence,
as Brunei Darussalam’s ASEAN Defence Senior Official Meeting Plus (ADSOM Plus) leader, and other senior officials from the Ministry of Defence.
The 10th ADMM-Plus observed a report from the ASEAN Secretariat on recent developments in ASEAN. The ministers also exchanged views on regional and international security environment, during which the ADMM-Plus members reaffirmed their commitment to peace and stability and recognised the significant role of ASEAN in enabling solidarity, practical cooperation and multilateralism. During the meeting, the Republic of Indonesia, as the Chair, announced the new set of ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group (EWG) co-chairs for the 2024-2027 cycle, for which Brunei Darussalam will be co-chairing the 5th cycle of the ADMM-Plus EWG on Peacekeeping Operations with the People’s Republic of China.
A handing over ceremony of the ADMM Chairmanship from
Republic of Indonesia to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) officially marks the
conclusion of Indonesia’s chairmanship of ADMM for 2023.
The Lao PDR will assume the role as Chair for ADMM and its related meetings for 2024 with the ADMM Retreat, the 18th ADMM and the 11th ADMM-Plus scheduled to take place respectively in March and November 2024. The theme for next year’s ADMM and related meetings is ‘ASEAN: Together for Peace, Security and Resilience’.
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II, delivering his remarks at the 10th ADMM-Plus held on 16 November 2023 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia
Handing over of the Key Management System (KMS) from the Republic of Indonesia to Lao PDR
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II, and members of the Brunei Darussalam delegation at the 10th ADMM-Plus held at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
MESYUARAT MENTERI-MENTERI PERTAHANAN ASEAN PLUS (ADMM-PLUS) KALI KE-10 DAN MAJLIS PENYERAHAN ADMM 2024 KEPADA REPUBLIK DEMOKRATIK RAKYAT LAO
JAKARTA, Khamis 16 November 2023 – Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN
Plus (ADMM-Plus) ke-10 telah berlangsung di Pusat Konvensyen Jakarta di Jakarta, Republik Indonesia pada hari ini. Mesyuarat tersebut dipengerusikan oleh Tuan Yang Terutama Prabowo Subianto, Menteri Pertahanan Republik Indonesia, dan dihadiri oleh Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan dan wakil dari negara –negara ASEAN dan negara
Plus serta Timor Leste selaku negara pemerhati bagi ADMM dan mesyuarat-mesyuarat berkaitan.
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II
yang mengetuai delegasi Negara Brunei Darussalam ke Mesyuarat ADMM ke-17 pada 15 November 2023, telah menghadiri mesyuarat ini. Yang Berhormat Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II disertai oleh Yang Mulia Brigedier Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Alirupendi bin Haji Perudin, Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Pertahanan, selaku
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ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM-Plus) Negara Brunei Darussalam, dan pegawai-pegawai kanan dari Kementerian Pertahanan.
Mesyuarat ADMM-Plus ke-10 telah meneliti laporan daripada Sekretariat ASEAN mengenai perkembangan terkini ASEAN.
Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan juga bertukar-tukar pandangan berkenaan persekitaran keselamatan serantau dan antarabangsa dimana negara-negara ahli ADMM-Plus mengesahkan komitmen mereka terhadap keamanan dan kestabilan serta mengakui peranan signifikan ASEAN dalam mendayakan perpaduan, kerjasama praktikal dan multilateralisme. Semasa mesyuarat tersebut, Republik Indonesia selaku Pengerusi telah mengumumkan gandingan baharu bagi pengerusi bersama Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus (EWG) bagi kitaran 2024-2027, dimana Negara Brunei Darussalam akan mempengerusikan bersama kitaran ke-5
ADMM-Plus EWG on Peacekeeping Operations bersama Republik Rakyat China.
Upacara penyerahan jawatan Pengerusi ADMM dari Republik Indonesia kepada Republik Demokratik Rakyat Lao secara rasminya menutup pengerusian Republik Indonesia bagi ADMM
tahun 2023. Republik Demokratik Rakyat Lao (Lao PDR) akan mengambil alih peranan Pengerusi ADMM dan mesyuarat-mesyuarat berkaitan untuk tahun 2024 dengan pengendalian Mesyuarat ADMM
Retreat, ADMM ke-18 dan ADMM-Plus ke-11 masing-masing direncanakan pada Mac dan November 2024. Tema bagi ADMM dan mesyuarat-mesyuarat berkaitan pada tahun depan adalah
‘ASEAN: Together for Peace, Security and Resilience’.