BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday, 7 October 2022 – The Ad-Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) and Ad-Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting-Plus Working Group (ADSOM-Plus WG) were held back-to-back virtually from 6 to 7 October 2022.
Both meetings were chaired by Lieutenant General Lay Chenda, Deputy Director-General of Policy and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense of Cambodia, in his capacity as Cambodia’s ADSOM WG and ADSOM-Plus WG Leader.
Representing the Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam was Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Policy and Strategy), in his capacity as Brunei Darussalam ADSOM WG and ADSOM-Plus WG Leader, accompanied by officers from the Directorate of Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence.
The Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG, among others, discussed the applications for observership in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Groups (ADMM-Plus EWGs) activities, the draft Joint Declaration of the ADMM-Plus on Defence Cooperation to Strengthen Solidarity for Harmonised Security, and preparations for the ADMM Retreat and the 9th ADMM-Plus.
Meanwhile, the Ad-Hoc ADSOM-Plus further discussed on the draft Joint Declaration of the 9th ADMM-Plus as well as the preparation for the upcoming 9th ADMM-Plus.
The Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG and Ad-Hoc ADSOM-Plus WG serve as a platform where defence senior officials deliberate on pending issues in preparation for the upcoming ADMM Retreat and 9th ADMM-Plus, scheduled from 21 to 23 November 2022 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
KEMBOJA MENGADAKAN KUMPULAN KERJA AD-HOC ADSOM DAN KUMPULAN KERJA AD-HOC ADSOM-PLUS SECARA DALAM TALIAN
BOLKIAH GARISON, Jumaat, 7 Oktober 2022 – Mesyuarat Ad-Hoc Kumpulan Kerja Pegawai-Pegawai Pertahanan Kanan ASEAN (ADSOM WG) dan Mesyuarat Ad-Hoc Kumpulan Kerja Pegawai-Pegawai Pertahanan Kanan ASEAN Plus (ADSOM-Plus WG) telah diadakan secara dalam talian dari 6 hingga 7 Oktober 2022.
Kedua-dua mesyuarat berkenaan telah dipengerusikan oleh Leftenan Jeneral Lay Chenda, Deputy Director-General, General Department of Policy and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defence, Kemboja, selaku ketua ADSOM WG dan ADSOM-Plus WG Kemboja.
Mewakili Kementerian Pertahanan Negara Brunei Darussalam ialah Haji Adi Ihram bin Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud, Timbalan Setiausaha Tetap (Dasar dan Strategi), selaku ketua ADSOM WG dan ADSOM-Plus WG Negara Brunei Darussalam, disertai oleh pegawai-pegawai Jabatanarah Dasar Pertahanan Kementerian Pertahanan.
Mesyuarat Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG, antaralain, membincangkan permohonan menjadi pemerhati (observer) bagi aktiviti-aktiviti yang berkaitan dengan Kumpulan Kerja Pakar Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN Plus (ADMM-Plus EWGs), draf deklarasi bersama ADMM-Plus mengenai kerjasama pertahanan untuk mengukuhkan perpaduan keselamatan yang berharmoni, dan perbincangan mengenai persiapan mesyuarat-mesyuarat ADMM Retreat dan ADMM-Plus yang ke-9.
Manakala Ad-Hoc ADSOM-Plus WG membincangkan draf deklarasi bersama ADMM-Plus yang ke-9 dan persiapan mesyuarat ADMM-Plus yang ke-9.
Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG dan Ad-Hoc ADSOM-Plus WG merupakan platfom bagi pegawai-pegawai pertahanan kanan untuk membincangkan perkara-perkara yang belum selesai bagi persediaan ADMM Retreat dan ADMM-Plus yang ke-9 yang dijadualkan pada 21 hingga 23 November 2022 di Siem Reap, Kemboja.