United States Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Clark on October 23 for the 4th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus which will be attended by defense chiefs of ASEAN countries plus Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and United States.
Philippines is this year’s host of ASEAN meetings and related meetings.
The ASEAN defense chiefs will also be holding the 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) during the October 23-24 meet in Clark Field, Angeles City, Pampanga.
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“Our Chairmanship of the ASEAN this year coincides with its golden anniversary. As such, we will be pushing forward several initiatives to include a three-year work programme that will focus on streamlining, synergizing, and rationalizing ADMM efforts,” this year’s chairperson of the ADMM and ADMM-Plus, National Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana.
“This is to pursue our cooperative mechanisms in the most efficient and effective way possible. We will also be coming up with frameworks for maritime interaction, education and training exchanges, aircraft encounters, among others,” Secretary Lorenzana said.
https://www.update.ph/2017/10/us-defense-chief-arrives-in-philippines/21999
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