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ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus

December 2 , 2020 1364 days 1081 0
  • 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.

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