JAKARTA, Thursday, 3 August 2023 – The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) and ADSOM-Plus were held from 2 to 3 August 2023 respectively at the Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia. Both meetings were chaired by Air Marshal Donny Ermawan T., M.D.S., Secretary General, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, in his capacity as the ADSOM Leader of Indonesia.
Representing the ADSOM and ADSOM-Plus Leader of Brunei Darussalam was Yang Mulia Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Policy and Strategy). He was accompanied by officers from the Directorate of Defence Policy, and Medical and Health Services, Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF).
The ADSOM and ADSOM-Plus meetings play a significant part in the preparation for the upcoming 17th ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting (ADMM) and 10th ADMM-Plus in November 2023. The ADSOM deliberated on several new ADMM initiatives and received updates on the progress of existing ASEAN defence cooperation.
The ADSOM-Plus provided updates on the new set of co-chairs for the 2024-2027 cycle of the ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Groups (ADMM-Plus EWGs), which are Maritime Security, Military Medicine, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, Peacekeeping Operations, Humanitarian Mine Action and Cyber Security.
The ADSOM-Plus Leaders also made a joint courtesy call to His Excellency Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto, Minister of Defence, Republic of Indonesia. On the sidelines of the meetings, Yang Mulia Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud also had the opportunity to conduct bilateral meetings with ADSOM-Plus Leaders from Australia, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Singapore and the United States of America as well as ADSOM-Plus WG Leader of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MENGHADIRI MESYUARAT-MESYUARAT ASEAN DEFENCE SENIOR OFFICIALS’ MEETING (ADSOM) DAN ADSOM-PLUS DI REPUBLIK INDONESIA
JAKARTA, Khamis, 3 Ogos 2023 – Mesyuarat Pegawai-Pegawai Kanan Pertahanan ASEAN (ADSOM) dan ADSOM-Plus telah berlangsung dari 2 hingga 3 Ogos 2023 masing-masing di Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta, Republik Indonesia. Kedua-dua mesyuarat tersebut telah dipengerusikan oleh Marsekal Udara Donny Ermawan Taufanto, M.D.S., Sekreteris-Jenderal, Kementerian Pertahanan, Republik Indonesia selaku Ketua ADSOM Indonesia.
Mewakili Ketua ADSOM dan ADSOM-Plus Negara Brunei Darussalam ialah Yang Mulia Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Timbalan Setiausaha Tetap (Dasar dan Strategi). Beliau diikuti oleh pegawai-pegawai dari Jabatanarah Dasar Pertahanan dan Khidmat Perubatan dan Kesihatan, Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei (TDDB).
Mesyuarat ADSOM dan ADSOM-Plus memainkan peranan yang penting bagi persediaan Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN (ADMM) ke-17 dan ADMM-Plus ke-10 pada bulan November 2023. ADSOM membincangkan beberapa inisiatif ADMM yang baru dan menerima maklumat terkini mengenai kemajuan kerjasama pertahanan ASEAN yang sedia ada.
Semasa ADSOM-Plus, pengerusi-pengerusi bersama yang baharu bagi bidang kerjasama Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus (ADMM-Plus EWGs) turut dikemaskinikan bagi kitaran 2024-2027 dalam bidang-bidang mereka iaitu Keselamatan Maritim, Perubatan Ketenteraan, Bantuan Kemanusiaan dan Bencana, Operasi Pengaman, Humanitarian Mine Action, dan Keselamatan Siber.
Ketua-ketua ADSOM-Plus juga membuat kunjungan hormat bersama kepada Tuan Yang Terutama Leftenan General Prabowo Subianto, Menteri Pertahanan, Republik Indonesia. Di samping itu, Yang Mulia Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud juga berpeluang untuk mengadakan mesyuarat dua hala bersama Ketua-Ketua ADSOM-Plus dari Australia, Republik Filipina, Republik Singapura dan Amerika Syarikat and Ketua ADSOM-Plus WG dari Demokratik Republik Rakyat Lao.