MOSCOW, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 – First Admiral (Rtd) Dato Seri Pahlawan Abdul Aziz bin Haji Mohd Tamit, Deputy Minister of Defence represented Brunei Darussalam at the ASEAN-Russia Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting, which was chaired by His Excellency Army General Sergey Shoygu, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.
The meeting was held at the Russian Defence Control National Centre, Ministry of Defence, in Moscow.
His Excellency Army General Sergey Shoygu expressed his appreciation on the support given by the ASEAN counterparts, and underscored the importance of the meeting in reviewing the progress of defence cooperation between both sides, and identifying future activities to further enhance defence relations of ASEAN and Russia.
With the theme of “20 years of defence partnership between ASEAN and Russia”, the meeting was timely held ahead of the 20th ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit in Sochi next month. During the meeting, ASEAN Defence Ministers welcome Russia’s commitment and continued support to the ADMM-Plus framework, especially in maritime security, counter-terrorism, military medicine, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and humanitarian demining. Both sides also had exchanged views on issues of global and regional security as well as discussing ways to enhance military-to-military cooperation. The ASEAN Ministers were later brought to tour the National Defence Control Centre in the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.
The Deputy Minister of Defence of Brunei Darussalam had the opportunity to meet the Head of delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, His Excellency Lieutenant General Chansamone Chanyalath, Minister of National Defence, who is also the current chair of the ADMM.
The Deputy Minister also conducted bilateral meeting with His Excellency Anatoly Antonov, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, to discuss bilateral defence and military cooperation.
