BOLKIAH GARRISON, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Second Minister of Defence, received a farewell call by Colonel Jose Ricky A. Laniog, Defence and Armed Forces Attache of Republic of the Philippines to Brunei Darussalam this afternoon.
During the call, both sides reaffirmed the friendly defence relations between Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of the Philippines and highlighted the progress of their bilateral defence and military cooperation despite the ongoing pandemic.
The Second Minister of Defence also conveyed his appreciation for Colonel Jose Ricky A. Laniog’s efforts in enhancing the bilateral defence relations between Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of the Philippines.
Defence relations between Brunei Darussalam and Republic of the Philippines had been officiated with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Defence Cooperation on 22 August 2001. Colonel Jose Ricky A. Laniog began serving as the Defence and Armed Forces Attache of Republic of the Philippines to Brunei Darussalam on 30 November 2017.
MENTERI PERTAHANAN KEDUA TERIMA KUNJUNGAN PERPISAHAN ATASE PERTAHANAN DAN TENTERA REPUBLIK FILIPINA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BOLKIAH GARISON, Rabu, 25 November 2020 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (B) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Menteri Pertahanan Kedua, telah menerima kunjungan perpisahan daripada Kolonel Jose Ricky A. Laniog, Atase Pertahanan dan Tentera Republik Filipina ke Negara Brunei Darussalam petang ini.
Semasa kunjungan tersebut, kedua belah pihak telah mengesahkan hubungan pertahanan dua hala yang sangat baik antara Negara Brunei Darussalam and Republik Filipina dan telah mengetengahkan perkembangan kerjasama pertahanan dan ketenteraan dua hala meskipun dengan penularan wabak pada masa ini.
Menteri Pertahanan Kedua juga turut merakamkan penghargaan kepada Kolonel Jose Ricky A. atas usaha beliau dalam membantu meningkatkan lagi hubungan pertahanan dua hala antara Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Republik Filipina.
Hubungan pertahanan dua hala diantara Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Republik Filipina telah dirasmikan dengan penandatangan Memorandum Persefahaman dalam kerjasama pertahanan pada 22 Ogos 2001. Kolonel Jose Ricky A. Laniog telah mula berkhidmat sebagai Atase Pertahanan dan Ketenteraan Republik Filipina ke Negara Brunei Darussalam pada 30 November 2017.