BOLKIAH GARRISON, Thursday, 25 November 2021 –Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister of Defence II, received a farewell call from Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hauser, Australian Defence Adviser to Brunei Darussalam today.
During the call, Yang Berhormat Pehin congratulated him for successfully concluding his term as the first Australian Defence Adviser to Brunei Darussalam in November 2020 and as Assistant Defence Adviser to Brunei Darussalam since January 2018. Yang Berhormat Pehin commended Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hauser for his contribution towards the positive growth of bilateral defence relationship between both countries across many fields.
Both sides reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen long-standing defence relations, characterised by high-level visits, port calls including the first submarine to Brunei Darussalam in 2020, training and courses, and the recent establishment of Defence Adviser Offices in respective capitals.
Yang Berhormat Minister of Defence II and Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hauser also expressed satisfaction with the constructive cooperation under the regional engagement, including the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), most notably with the co-chairmanship of Brunei Darussalam and Australia in the ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Military Medicine for the 2021 – 2024 cycle.
More recently, both sides had co-chaired the ASEAN-Australia Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting at the sidelines of ADMM Retreat on 10 November 2021, where The Honourable Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Defence Australia announced the participation of Australia in the ASEAN Direct Communications Infrastructure initiative.
MENTERI PERTAHANAN KEDUA MENERIMA KUNJUNGAN PERPISAHAN DARIPADA PENASIHAT PERTAHANAN AUSTRALIA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARRISON, Khamis, 25 November 2021 –Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Menteri Pertahanan Kedua, telah menerima kunjungan perpisahan daripada Leftenan Kolonel Daniel Hauser, Penasihat Pertahanan Australia ke Negara Brunei Darussalam pada hari ini.
Semasa kunjungan tersebut, Yang Berhormat Pehin mengucapkan tahniah kepada beliau atas penyempurnaan tugasan sebagai Penasihat Pertahanan Australia yang pertama ke Negara Brunei Darussalam sejak pelantikannya pada bulan November 2020 dan Penolong Penasihat Pertahanan Australia ke Negara Brunei Darussalam sejak Januari 2018. Yang Berhormat Pehin menyambut baik sumbangan Leftenan Kolonel Daniel Hauser ke arah perkembangan positif hubungan pertahanan dua hala antara kedua-dua negara dalam pelbagai bidang.
Kedua-dua pihak menegaskan semula komitmen untuk mengukuhkan hubungan pertahanan yang telah sekian lama terjalin yang melalui lawatan-lawatan peringkat tinggi, lawatan pelabuhan termasuk lawatan pertama kapal selam ke Negara Brunei Darussalam pada tahun 2020, latihan dan kursus serta penubuhan Pejabat Penasihat Pertahanan baru-baru ini di ibu negara masing-masing.
Yang Berhormat Menteri Pertahanan Kedua dan Leftenan Kolonel Daniel Hauser juga menzahirkan rasa puas hati terhadap usaha kerjasama di bawah penglibatan serantau termasuk Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN Plus (ADMM-Plus), terutamanya dengan pengerusian bersama Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus mengenai Perubatan Tentera bagi kitaran 2021 – 2024.
Baru-baru ini, kedua-dua belah pihak mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Tidak Rasmi Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN-Australia di samping ADMM Retreat pada 10 November 2021, di mana Yang Berhormat Peter Dutton MP, Menteri Pertahanan Australia, turut mengumumkan penyertaan Australia dalam inisiatif ASEAN Direct Communications Infrastructure.