BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday, 4 August 2023 – 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, received a courtesy call from Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, this morning.
During the call, both sides reaffirmed the warm and robust bilateral defence and military cooperation between the two countries. Yang Berhormat Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II and Vice Admiral Karl Thomas also discussed initiatives to further strengthen cooperation between the Royal Brunei Navy and the US Navy.
Vice Admiral Karl Thomas is in Brunei Darussalam from 3 to 5 August 2023 in conjunction with the goodwill port call by the USS Blue Ridge. Vice Admiral Karl Thomas’ visits highlights the positive naval ties between the two countries, underscored by the close defence relations cemented under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation signed on 29 November 1994.
Brunei Darussalam and the United States interact regularly through various bilateral and multilateral exercises, training and exchanges of visit. The naval exercises include Exercise CARAT and Exercise RIMPAC. These regular interactions have enhanced the interoperability between both navies, and also strengthen people-to-people ties.
MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI DAN MENTERI PERTAHANAN II MENERIMA KUNJUNGAN HORMAT DARIPADA PEMERINTAH SEVENTH FLEET AMERIKA SYARIKAT
BOLKIAH GARISON, Jumaat, 4 Ogos 2023 – 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, menerima kunjungan hormat daripada Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, Pemerintah Seventh Fleet Amerika Syarikat pagi tadi.
Semasa kunjungan tersebut, kedua-dua pihak mengesahkan semula hubungan kerjasama pertahanan dan ketenteraan dua hala yang mesra dan teguh di antara kedua-dua negara. Yang Berhormat Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II dan Vice Admiral Karl Thomas turut membincangkan inisiatif-inisiatif bagi mengukuhkan lagi kerjasama di antara Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei dan Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat.
Vice Admiral Karl Thomas berada di Negara Brunei Darussalam dari 3 hingga 5 Ogos 2023 bersempena dengan kunjungan muhibbah Kapal Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat USS Blue Ridge. Lawatan Vice Admiral Karl Thomas menekankan hubungan tentera laut yang positif antara kedua-dua negara, yang digariskan melalui hubungan pertahanan yang rapat yang dimeterai di bawah Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) mengenai Kerjasama Pertahanan yang ditandatangani pada 29 November 1994.
Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Amerika Syarikat sentiasa berinteraksi melalui latihan dua hala dan pelbagai hala, latihan dan pertukaran lawatan. Latihan tentera laut termasuk Eksesais CARAT dan Eksesais RIMPAC. Interaksi yang kerap ini telah meningkatkan kebolehoperasian antara kedua-dua angkatan laut, dan juga mengukuhkan hubungan persahabatan di antara anggota tentera.