JAKARTA, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 – The Ministry of Defence conducted the 7th Ad Hoc Working Group Meeting on ADI in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia. The Republic of Indonesia hosted the meeting in their capacity as the Chair of ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) for this year.
Co-chairing the meeting were Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Policy and Strategy), who is also the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials Meeting Working Group (ADSOM-WG) Leader for Brunei Darussalam and Colonel Emmanuel Canilla, Philippines Defence Attache in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia as the representative of Henry A. Robinson Jr, Assistant Secretary for Assessments and International Affairs, Department of National Defense, also the ADSOM-WG Leader for the Republic of the Philippines.
This meeting is a follow-up to the 6th Ad Hoc Working Group Meeting on ADI, which was virtually convened on 12 July 2021. Among other things, the meeting deliberated on the status and way forward for Phase I and the way forward for Phase II of ADI. The meeting also had a joint session with the 7th ASEAN Our Eyes Working Group, held simultaneously to streamline related ADMM initiatives, which echoes the sentiment of ASEAN Defence Ministers, as articulated in the Bandar Seri Begawan Declaration in Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the ADMM towards a future-ready, peaceful and prosperous ASEAN.
MESYUARAT
AD HOC KUMPULAN KERJA
ASEAN DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE (ADI) KE-7
Jakarta, Rabu, 1 Februari 2023 – Kementerian Pertahanan telah mengadakan Mesyuarat Ad Hoc Kumpulan Kerja
ASEAN Direct Communications Infrastructure (ADI) ke-7 di Jakarta, Republik Indonesia. Mesyuarat tersebut telah dihoskan oleh Republik Indonesia selaku Pengerusi ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) bagi tahun ini.
Mempengerusikan bersama mesyuarat ini ialah Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Timbalan Setiausaha Tetap (Dasar dan Strategi), yang juga merupakan Ketua
ASEAN Defence Senior Officials Meeting Working Group (ADSOM-WG) bagi Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Kolonel Emmanuel Canilla, Atase Pertahanan Republik Filipina di Jakarta, Republik Indonesia selaku wakil kepada Henry A. Robinson Jr,
Assistant Secretary for Assessments and International Affairs, Department of National Defense yang juga merupakan Ketua ADSOM-WG bagi Republik Filipina.
Mesyuarat kali ini merupakan kesinambungan bagi Mesyuarat Ad Hoc Kumpulan Kerja ADI ke-6 yang telah dijalankan pada 12 Julai 2021 secara atas talian. Antara lain, mesyuarat telah membincangkan status terkini dan langkah ke hadapan bagi Fasa I dan langkah ke hadapan bagi Fasa II. Mesyuarat juga mengadakan sesi bersama dengan Mesyuarat ke-7 ASEAN
Our Eyes Working Group secara serentak untuk menyelaraskan inisiatif
ADMM yang berkaitan, sepertimana yang disuarakan oleh Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN dalam Deklarasi Bandar Seri Begawan sempena Memperingati Ulang Tahun
ADMM
ke-15 ke arah ASEAN yang sedia masa depan, aman dan makmur.