BANGKOK, THAILAND, Thursday, 23 May 2019 – Senior officers from the Ministry of Defence attended the 16th ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference (ASPC) which was held in Bangkok, Thailand today. The Conference was chaired by General Natt Intracharoen, Permanent Secretary for Defence, Thailand.
The Brunei Darussalam delegation was headed by Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Director of Defence Policy. The Conference discussed security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region as well as approaches to advancing partnership for sustainable security.
ASPC was established to further “open new channels of dialogue and exchanges among defence officials, diplomats, as well as military academic personages, and to further increase mutual trust and understanding among defence officials” and was first convened in Beijing on 5 November 2004. Since then, ASPC has facilitated exchange of views among the ASEAN Regional Forum members and promote understanding on important defence and security issues in the region.
ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM SECURITY POLICY CONFERENCE KE-16 DIADAKAN DI BANGKOK, THAILAND
BANGKOK, THAILAND, Khamis, 23 Mei 2019 – Pegawai-pegawai kanan dari Kementerian Pertahanan telah menyertai ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference (ASPC) ke-16 yang telah diadakan di Bangkok, Thailand. Persidangan tersebut dipengerusikan Jeneral Natt Intracharoen, Setiausaha Tetap Pertahanan, Thailand.
Delegasi Brunei Darussalam diketuai oleh Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Pengarah Dasar Pertahanan. Persidangan tersebut membincangkan cabaran-cabaran keselamatan di rantau Asia-Pasifik dan pendekatan bagi memajukan kongsisama ke arah keselamatan yang mampan.
ASPC ditubuhkan bagi membuka saluran-saluran baru untuk dialog dan pertukaran sesama pegawai-pegawai pertahanan, diplomat, ahli akademik pertahanan bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan dan persefahaman sesama pegawai-pegawai pertahanan. ASPC buat pertama kali diadakan di Beijing pada 5 November 2004 dan sejak itu ASPC memudahkan pertukaran pandangan di antara ahli-ahli ASEAN Regional Forum dan juga mengalakkan persefahaman terhadap isu-isu keselamatan serantau.