BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday, 6 February 2026 – 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 courtesy call from Yang Mulia General Kevin B. Schneider, Commander of the Pacific Air Forces and Air Component Commander, Indo-Pacific Command of the United States of America.
Also present during the courtesy call were Brigadier General (Udara) Haji Haszahaidi bin Haji Ahmad Daud, Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force and senior officials from the Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam.
During the courtesy call, both sides reaffirmed the friendly bilateral relations and robust cooperation between Brunei Darussalam and the United States of America, particularly in the defence and military sectors. They expressed satisfaction with the ongoing collaboration in various military-related activities and reaffirmed their commitment to continue engagement at the multilateral level, including through the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) framework.
Defence and military cooperation between Brunei Darussalam and the United States of America is further strengthened through the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Defence Cooperation, which was signed on 29 November 1994.
MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI DAN MENTERI PERTAHANAN II MENERIMA KUNJUNGAN HORMAT DARIPADA PEMERINTAH TENTERA UDARA PASIFIK DAN PEMERINTAH KOMPONEN UDARA,
INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND, AMERIKA SYARIKAT
BOLKIAH GARISON, Jumaat, 06 Februari 2026 - 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 hormat daripada Yang Mulia Jeneral Kevin B. Schneider, Pemerintah Tentera Udara Pasifik dan Pemerintah Komponen Udara,
Indo-Pacific Command, Amerika Syarikat.
Turut hadir semasa kunjungan tersebut ialah Yang Mulia Brigedier Jeneral (Udara) Haji Haszahaidi bin Haji Ahmad Daud, Pemerintah Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei serta Pegawai-pegawai Kanan dari Kementerian Pertahanan Negara Brunei Darussalam.
Semasa Kunjungan Hormat tersebut, kedua-dua pihak telah mengukuhkan lagi hubungan dua hala yang mesra serta kerjasama erat antara Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Amerika Syarikat, khususnya dalam sektor pertahanan dan ketenteraan. Kedua-dua pihak turut menzahirkan penghargaan atas kerjasama berterusan dalam pelbagai aktiviti berkaitan ketenteraan, di samping menegaskan komitmen untuk meneruskan penglibatan di peringkat pelbagai hala, antaranya melalui rangkakerja Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN Plus (ADMM-Plus).
Kerjasama pertahanan dan ketenteraan antara Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Amerika Syarikat diperkukuhkan melalui Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) mengenai Kerjasama Pertahanan yang ditandatangani pada 29 November 1994.
