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ASEAN DEFENCE SENIOR OFFICIALS’ MEETING WORKING GROUP (ADSOM WG) AND ADSOM-PLUS WG CONVENE IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC


​LUANG PRABANG, Wednesday, 07 February 2024 – The first ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) and ADSOM-Plus WG under Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s Chairmanship of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and related meetings began on 05 February and successfully concluded on 07 February in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. Both meetings were chaired by Colonel Feuangxay Milakong, Deputy Director General of Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of National Defence, as Lao PDR’s ADSOM WG and ADSOM-Plus WG Leader.

Yang Mulia Poh Kui Choon, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, attended the meetings as Brunei Darussalam’s ADSOM WG and ADSOM-Plus WG Leader, accompanied by senior officers from the Ministry of Defence and Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

During the ADSOM WG, the meeting shared updates on the progress of ASEAN defence cooperation initiatives, including the Logistics Support Framework (LSF), the ASEAN Direct Communications Infrastructure (ADI), progress in the implementation of the ADMM Three Year Work Programme (2023-2026) and consideration of new ADMM initiatives. Brunei Darussalam also updated the ADSOM WG on the progress of “A Future-Ready ADMM and ADMM-Plus: A Strategy Paper”. 

Meanwhile, the ADSOM-Plus WG observed briefings on the conclusion of the seven areas of cooperation under the ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Groups (EWGs) of cycle 2021-2024, for which Brunei Darussalam co-chaired the ADMM-Plus EWG on Military Medicine alongside Australia. The Meeting also heard briefings on work plans of the seven areas of cooperation under the ADMM-Plus EWG for cycle 2024-2027, in which Brunei Darussalam is co-chairing the ADMM-Plus EWG on Peacekeeping Operations with the People’s Republic of China. Bilateral meetings with Lao PDR, Singapore and Australia were also held separately on the sidelines.

The ADSOM WG and ADSOM-Plus WG Leaders met in preparation for the upcoming ADMM Retreat scheduled to be held from 05 March to 07 March 2024, as well as ADSOM and ADSOM-Plus, which are to be held in September this year.







MESYUARAT KUMPULAN KERJA PEGAWAI-PEGAWAI KANAN PERTAHANAN ASEAN (ADSOM WG) DAN ADSOM-PLUS WG DIADAKAN DI REPUBLIK DEMOKRATIK RAKYAT LAO


LUANG PRABANG, Rabu, 07 Februari 2024 – Mesyuarat Kumpulan Kerja Mesyuarat Pegawai-Pegawai Kanan Pertahanan ASEAN (ADSOM WG) dan ADSOM-Plus WG di bawah pengerusian Republik Demokratik Rakyat Lao telah berlangsung dari 05 Februari dan selesai dengan jayanya pada 07 Februari di Luang Prabang, Republik Demokratik Rakyat Lao. Kedua-dua mesyuarat berkenaan dipengerusikan oleh Kolonel Feuangxay Milakong, Deputy Director General of Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of National Defence, selaku Ketua ADSOM WG dan ADSOM-Plus WG Demokratik Republik Rakyat Lao.

Yang Mulia Poh Kui Choon, Timbalan Setiausaha Tetap, Kementerian Pertahanan telah menghadiri mesyuarat-mesyuarat tersebut sebagai Ketua ADSOM WG dan ADSOM-Plus WG Negara Brunei Darussalam dan diiringi oleh pegawai-pegawai kanan daripada Kementerian Pertahanan dan Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei.

Antara agenda yang dikongsikan semasa mesyuarat ADSOM WG adalah perkembangan inisiatif-inisiatif kerjasama pertahanan ASEAN antara lain termasuk Logistics Support Framework (LSF), ASEAN Direct Communications Infrastructure (ADI), Perkembangan Program Kerja Tiga Tahun Mesyuarat ADMM (2023-2026) dan perbincangan mengenai inisiatif baharu ADMM. Disamping itu, Negara Brunei Darussalam juga mengongsikan kemas kini bagi “A Future-Ready ADMM and ADMM-Plus: A Strategy Paper”. 

Manakala mesyuarat ADSOM-Plus WG mengongsikan laporan penyempurnaan ketujuh-tujuh bidang kerjasama di bawah Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus kitaran 2021-2024, yang mana Negara Brunei Darussalam telah mempengerusikan bersama Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus di dalam Perubatan Tentera bersama Australia. Mesyuarat berkenaan juga memperdengarkan pembentangan pelan kerja ketujuh-tujuh bidang kerjasama di bawah Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus kitaran 2024-2027, yang mana Negara Brunei Darussalam mempengerusikan bersama Kumpulan Kerja Pakar ADMM-Plus di dalam Operasi Pengaman bersama Republik Rakyat China. Disamping itu juga, mesyuarat dua hala turut diadakan secara berasingan bersama Republik Demokratik Rakyat Lao, Republik Singapura dan Australia.

Mesyuarat ADSOM WG dan ADSOM-Plus WG telah diadakan sebagai persiapan bagi ADMM Retreat yang dijadualkan pada 05 Mac hingga 07 Mac 2024 dan mesyuarat ADSOM dan ADSOM-Plus yang akan berlangsung pada bulan September tahun ini.​​


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