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ADMM-14, ADMM+ to take place in December

The 14th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-14) and the 7th ADMM Plus (ADMM +) are scheduled to take place from December 9-11.
ADMM-14, ADMM+ to take place in December ảnh 1Director of the Foreign Relations Department under the Ministry of National Defence Lieut. Gen. Vu Chien Thang (C) speaks at the working session (Photo: https://www.qdnd.vn/)

Hanoi (VNA) - The 14th ASEAN Defence Ministers’Meeting (ADMM-14) and the 7th ADMM Plus (ADMM +) are scheduled to takeplace from December 9-11, according to Directorof the Foreign Relations Department under the Ministry of National Defence Lieut.Gen. Vu Chien Thang.

Speaking at a working session on October 8 in Hanoi with defence attachesfrom ASEAN countries and dialogue partners - Russia, China, the US, Japan, the Republicof Korea (RoK), Australia, New Zealand, and India, Thang said Vietnam is determinedto hold remaining military-defence conferences during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanshipdespite the COVID-19 pandemic.

A ceremony to celebrate the 10th year of the founding of the ADMM willalso be held in December, he said. 

Meanwhile, the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting(ADSOM) and ADSOM Plus (ADSOM +) will be organised online on November 17 and 19,respectively.

The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) and ADSOM PlusWG are slated for earlier, on November 10 and 11, as preparatory meetings for ADSOMand ADSOM+, he noted.

The form for the holding of ADMM-14 and the 7th ADMM+   will be consideredand countries will be notified shortly, as these are the most important defenceconferences in the year Vietnam has chairmanship of ASEAN, he said.

Due to COVID-19, a number of activities scheduled to be hosted by the Ministry ofNational Defence in 2020 will be postponed to 2021, Thang added./.
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