BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Tuesday 19 March 2013 – The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) is privileged to host the 10th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM) scheduled for March 19-21, 2013 in Bandar Seri Begawan, drawing the participation of Chiefs of Defence Forces from all ten ASEAN member countries.
Brunei Darussalam will be led by the Commander of the RBAF Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin. Meanwhile the other ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces arriving today are Lieutenant General Eth Sarath, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Royal Cambodian Armed Forces; Admiral TNI Dato Paduka Seri Agus Suhartono, S.E. Commander-in-Chief, Indonesian National Defence Forces; Brigadier General Suvone Leoung Bounmy, Chief of the General Staff Department, Lao People’s Army; Lieutenant General Datuk Raja Mohamed Affandi bin Raja Mohamed Noor, Chief of Staff, Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters, Lieutenant General Thet Naing Win, Commander of No.(4) Bureau of Special Operations Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army).
Also arrives are Defence Services of Myanmar; General Emmanuel Trinidad Bautista, Chief of Staff Armed Forces of the Philippines; Major General Ng Chee Meng, Chief of Defence Force (Designate) Singapore Armed Forces; General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Chief of Defence Forces, Royal Thai Armed Forces; and Senior Leiutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff Vietnam People’s Army, Vice Minister of the National Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The ACDFIM is designed to be a forum of transparent discussion for ASEAN Chief of Defence Forces’ to show goodwill towards boosting friendship, to share each country’s experience and achievements with an aim to enhance multilateral military cooperation in maintaining regional peace, security, sustaining stability and development, humanitarian assistance, relief operations and many other interactional backings.
Organized annually, the three-day meeting has an informal format, preceded by the 10th ASEAN Military Intelligence Informal Meeting (AMIIM) and 3rd ASEAN Military Operations Informal Meeting (AMOIM) which was held yesterday, 18 March 2013.
The meeting is expected to conclude with continuous commitments of regional cooperation in line with this year’s theme, “Securing Our People, Our Future Together”.
The first ACDFIM was held in Indonesia in 2001. After that, each ASEAN countries, in its turn, hosts the meeting annually. Brunei Darussalam hosted the 2nd ACDFIM for the first time in 2003.
KETUA-KETUA TURUS PERTAHANAN ASEAN TIBA UNTUK MESYUARAT ACDFIM KE- 10
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Selasa 19 Mac 2013
– Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) menjadi tuan rumah bagi
Mesyuarat Ketua-Ketua Turus Pertahanan Negara-Negara ASEAN Kesepuluh
(10th ACDFIM) yang dijadualkan pada 19-21 Mac 2013 di Bandar Seri
Begawan. Mesyuarat di sertai Ketua-Ketua Turus Pertahanan Negara-Negara
ASEAN.
Negara
Brunei Darussalam akan diketuai oleh Pemerintah ABDB, Mejar Jeneral
Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok
Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin. Sementara itu, Ketua-Ketua Turus
Pertahanan Negara-negara ASEAN yang tiba hari ini adalah Leftenan
Jeneral Sarath Eth, Timbalan Ketua Pemerintah Tentera Kemboja; Laksamana
TNI Dato Paduka Seri Agus Suhartono, Panglima Tentera Nasional
Indonesia; Brigadier Jeneral Suvone Leoung Bounmy, Ketua Jabatan Staf
Jeneral, Tentera Rakyat Lao; Leftenan Jeneral Datuk Raja Mohamed Affandi
bin Raja Mohamed Noor, Ketua Staf Markas Angkatan Tentera Malaysia;
Leftenan Jeneral Thet Naing Win, Pemerintah No. (4) Biro Operasi Khas
Pejabat Ketua Pemerintah (Tentera Darat), Perkhidmatan Pertahanan
Myanmar; Jeneral Emmanuel Trinidad Bautista, Ketua Turus Angkatan
Tentera Filipina; Mejar Jeneral Ng Chee Meng, Ketua Turus Pertahanan
(Menetapkan) Angkatan Bersenjata Singapura; Jeneral Tanasak
Patimapragorn, Ketua Turus Pertahanan, Angkatan Tentera Diraja Thai; dan
Leftenan Jeneral Kanan Do Ba Ty, Panglima Staf Jeneral Tentera Vietnam,
Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan Negara Republik Sosialis Vietnam.
ACDFIM
adalah merupakan satu forum bagi perbincangan yang telus untuk ASEAN
Ketua-Ketua Turus Pertahanan Negara-negara ASEAN untuk menunjukkan
hubungan muhibah ke arah meningkatkan lagi ikatan persahabatan, untuk
berkongsi pengalaman dan pencapaian setiap negara dengan matlamat yang
bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kerjasama ketenteraan di pelbagai hala
dalam mengekalkan keamanan serantau, keselamatan, mengekalkan kestabilan
serta pembangunan, bantuan kemanusiaan, operasi bantuan dan banyak lagi
interaksi yang berkaitan.
Dianjurkan
pada setiap tahun, mesyuarat selama tiga hari ini mempunyai format yang
tidak formal, didahului oleh Mesyuarat ‘10th ASEAN Military
Intelligence Informal Meeting (AMIIM) dan ‘3rd ASEAN Military Operations
Informal Meeting (AMOIM)’ yang diadakan semalam, 18 Mac 2013.
Kesimpulan
mesyuarat ini dijangka disudahi dengan komitmen yang berterusan
diperingkat kerjasama serantau yangmana selaras dengan tema tahun ini,
“Securing Our People, Our Future Together”.
ACDFIM
yang pertama telah diadakan di Indonesia pada tahun 2001. Selepas itu,
setiap negara-negara ASEAN,menjadi tuan rumah mesyuarat tahunan secara
bergilir-gilir. Negara Brunei Darussalam menjadi tuan rumah ACDFIM ke-2
buat kali pertama pada tahun 2003.