Hanoi, (VNA) – Heads of delegations to the ASEAN Defence Senior Officers’Meeting (ADSOM) attended a working dinner in Hanoi on February 18 under thechair of Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vietnam’s Deputy Defence Minister andhead of ADSOM Vietnam.
Thehead delegates assessed the outcomes of the just-concluded ADSOM Working Group’smeeting and continued to discuss and reach agreement on several matters,including the issue of a thematic statement on the acute respiratory diseasecaused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus), and thefirst international defence exhibition in Vietnam.
Theofficers also further discussed documents, contents and preparations for ASEAN defenceconferences and cooperation activities in the time ahead, particularly the ADMMRetreat to take place on February 19.
Representativesof ADSOM delegations appreciated Vietnam’s preparation for the ADMM Retreat,and expressed their belief in the success of the ADMM Retreat as well asmilitary and defence activities under the chair of Vietnam in 2020./.
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