Vietnam has invited India for ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus).
It will be hosted by Vietnam in December 2020.
The ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN and its eight Dialogue Partners.
The 2nd ADMM in Singapore in 2007 adopted the Concept Paper to establish the ADMM-Plus.
It aims to strengthen security and defence cooperation for peace, stability, and development in the region.
Eight Dialogue Partners are Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and the USA.
These are collectively referred to as the “Plus Countries”.
Maritime security, counter-terrorism, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping operations and military medicine are the agreed five areas of practical cooperation under this mechanism.