BOLKIAH GARRISON, Monday, 8 February 2021 – Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Second Minister of Defence, received an introductory call from Colonel Angelo Gerard P Ariles, the Defense and Armed Forces Attaché of the Republic of the Philippines to Brunei Darussalam this afternoon.
During the call, Yang Berhormat Pehin took the opportunity to congratulate Colonel Angelo Gerard P Ariles on his appointment as the new Defense and Armed Forces Attaché of the Republic of the Philippines to Brunei Darussalam since December 2020 and wished him a successful tour in Brunei Darussalam.
The Second Minister of Defence and the Defense and Armed Forces Attaché of the Republic of the Philippines to Brunei Darussalam also discussed the warm defence and military engagements between Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of the Philippines.
Both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation on 22 August 2001 and formed a Joint Defence Working Committee (JDWC), which meets regularly since 2005 to discuss the status of bilateral defence relations and explore avenues of defence interactions and cooperation.

MENTERI PERTAHANAN KEDUA MENERIMA KUNJUNGAN PENGENALAN DARIPADA ATASE PERTAHANAN DAN ANGKATAN TENTERA REPUBLIK FILIPINA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM