PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, Thursday, 20 November 2025 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II received a farewell call from His Excellency Xiao Jianguo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Brunei Darussalam.
During the call, Yang Berhormat Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II conveyed his warm appreciation to His Excellency Xiao Jianguo for his contributions and cooperation in enhancing the bilateral defence relations throughout his tenure as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Brunei Darussalam since 13 September 2023.
Both countries expressed satisfaction with the mutual warmth and goodwill, particularly in the realm of defence that has been strengthened through various agreements in defence cooperation, exchange of high-level visits, courses, training, and interactions conducted under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) framework.
Brunei Darussalam and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations on 20 September 1991. Defence relations between both countries was further deepened with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation on 12 September 2003.
MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI DAN MENTERI PERTAHANAN II MENERIMA KUNJUNGAN PERPISAHAN DARIPADA TUAN YANG TERUTAMA XIAO JIANGUO, DUTA BESAR ISTIMEWA DAN MUTLAK REPUBLIK RAKYAT CHINA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI, Khamis, 20 November 2025 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II telah menerima kunjungan perpisahan daripada Tuan Yang Terutama Xiao Jianguo, Duta Besar Istimewa dan Mutlak Republik Rakyat China ke Negara Brunei Darussalam.
Semasa kunjungan tersebut, Yang Berhormat Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II menyampaikan ucapan penghargaan kepada Tuan Yang Terutama Xiao Jianguo atas sumbangan dan kerjasama beliau dalam mempereratkan dan memperkukuhkan hubungan kerjasama pertahanan dua hala sejak memegang jawatan sebagai Duta Besar Istimewa dan Mutlak Republik Rakyat China ke Negara Brunei Darussalam pada 13 September 2023.
Kedua-dua buah negara juga berpuas hati dengan hubungan pertahanan baik yang dikukuhkan melalui perjanjian-perjanjian, pertukaran-pertukaran lawatan pegawai kanan, kursus, latihan serta interaksi melalui landasan Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN-Plus (ADMM-Plus).
Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Republik Rakyat China menjalinkan hubungan diplomatik pada 20 September 1991. Hubungan pertahanan di antara kedua buah negara telah diperkukuhkan lagi dengan termeterainya Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) di bidang pertahanan pada 12 September 2003.
