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ASEAN DEFENCE MINISTERS’ MEETING RETREAT CONVENES IN KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA


SIEM REAP, Tuesday 22 November 2022 – The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat convened at the Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Center in Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia. His Excellency Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia, in his capacity as the Chair of ADMM for 2022, presided over the meeting. This year’s Retreat observed the ASEAN Defence Ministers and representatives exchanging views on the theme “Defence Cooperation to Strengthen Solidarity for Harmonised Security”.

Leading the Brunei Darussalam’s delegation was The Honourable Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office. The Honourable Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof was accompanied by Colonel (Retired) Norsuriati binti Haji Sharbini, Permanent Secretary (Policy, Finance and Administration), as Brunei Darussalam’s ASEAN Defence Senior Officials Meeting (ADSOM) leader, and other senior officials from the Ministry of Defence.


Two informal meetings were held at the sidelines of the ADMM Retreat. The ASEAN-United States Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting was co-chaired by His Excellency Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh and The Honourable Lloyd J. Austin III, United States Secretary of Defense. This was followed by the ASEAN-India Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting, which was co-chaired by His Excellency Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh and His Excellency Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister, Ministry of Defence of India.

A bilateral meeting was also held between Brunei Darussalam and the Kingdom of Cambodia.  The momentum of meetings will continue the next day with the hosting of the 9th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus).



ASEAN Defence Ministers and representatives, as well as the Secretary-General of ASEAN, in a group photo at the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat which was held at the Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Center in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on 22 November 2022.

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RETREAT MESYUARAT MENTERI-MENTERI PERTAHANAN ASEAN DI KERAJAAN KEMBOJA

SIEM REAP, Selasa 22 November 2022 - Retreat Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN (ADMM) telah berlangsung di Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Center di Siem Reap, Kerajaan Kemboja. Tuan Yang Terutama Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Timbalan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan Kerajaan Kemboja, selaku Pengerusi ADMM tahun 2022, telah mempengerusikan mesyuarat tersebut. Retreat kali ini melibatkan Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN dan para wakil dengan pertukaran pandangan dibawah  tema “Kerjasama Pertahanan untuk Mengukuhkan Perpaduan bagi Keselamatan Harmoni”.


Mengetuai delegasi Negara Brunei Darussalam ke Retreat ADMM ini ialah Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof disertai oleh Kolonel (Bersara) Norsuriati binti Haji Sharbini, Setiausaha Tetap (Dasar, Kewangan dan Pentadbiran), sebagai ketua ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) Negara Brunei Darussalam, dan pegawai lain dari Kementerian Pertahanan.


Dua mesyuarat tidak rasmi turut diadakan di samping Retreat ADMM. Mesyuarat Tidak Rasmi Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN-Amerika Syarikat telah berlangsung yang mana telah dipengerusikan bersama oleh Tuan Yang Terutama Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh dan Yang Berhormat Lloyd J. Austin III, Setiausaha Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat. Ini diikuti oleh Mesyuarat Tidak Rasmi Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN-India dan dipengerusikan bersama oleh Tuan Yang Terutama Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh dan Tuan Yang Terutama Shri Rajnath Singh, Menteri Kesatuan, Kementerian Pertahanan India.

Mesyuarat dua hala juga diadakan antara Negara Brunei Darussalam dengan Kerajaan Kemboja. Momentum permesyuaratan akan diteruskan esok dengan perlaksanaan Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN Plus ke-9 (ADMM-Plus).​


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