PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, Wednesday, 21 October 2026 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Coordinating Minister for National Security, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II, received a courtesy call from Vice Admiral Jose Ma. Ambrosio Quiatchon Ezpeleta, Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy (PN).
During the call, Coordinating Minister of National Security, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II welcomed Vice Admiral Jose Ma. Ambrosio Quiatchon Ezpeleta, PN to Brunei Darussalam. Both sides reaffirmed the warm and longstanding bilateral relations between Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of the Philippines, particularly in the field of defence.
Defence relations between Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of the Philippines were formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation on 22 August 2001. Since then, defence cooperation has continued to strengthen through various engagements, including the participation of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) in the Independent Decommissioning Body Verification, Monitoring and Assistance Team (IDB-VMAT) mission in Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines, as well as various multilateral defence activities and military exercises.
MENTERI PENYELARAS BAGI KESELAMATAN NEGARA, MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI DAN MENTERI PERTAHANAN II MENERIMA KUNJUNGAN HORMAT DARIPADA PANGLIMA TENTERA LAUT FILIPINA
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI, Rabu, 21 Oktober 2026 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (B) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Menteri Penyelaras bagi Keselamatan Negara, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II, telah menerima kunjungan hormat daripada Panglima Tentera Laut Filipina, Laksamana Madya Jose Ma. Ambrosio Quiatchon Ezpeleta, Philippine Navy (PN).
Semasa kunjungan tersebut, Menteri Penyelaras bagi Keselamatan Negara, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan II mengalu-alukan Laksamana Madya Jose Ma. Ambrosio Quiatchon Ezpeleta, PN ke Negara Brunei Darussalam. Kedua-dua pihak turut menegaskan semula hubungan mesra dua hala yang sekian lama terjalin antara Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Republik Filipina, khususnya dalam bidang pertahanan.
Hubungan pertahanan antara Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Republik Filipina telah diperkukuh melalui penandatanganan Memorandum Persefahaman mengenai Kerjasama Pertahanan pada 22 Ogos 2001. Sejak itu, kerjasama pertahanan terus berkembang melalui pelbagai penglibatan, termasuk penyertaan Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB) dalam misi Independent Decommissioning Body Verification, Monitoring and Assistance Team (IDB-VMAT) di Mindanao, Republik Filipina, di samping penglibatan dalam pelbagai aktiviti pertahanan pelbagai hala dan latihan ketenteraan.