Malaysia prepares for 9th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting
Ministers are scheduled to
discuss and approve the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the
coordination of humanitarian aid and natural disaster assistance in the
region.
According to Hussein, the SOP will be built
on the experience and information shared by the bloc’s member states,
taking information from the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, a series of
super typhoons in the Philippines, and Malaysia’s reaction to the
aviation disasters of the MH370, MH17 and QZ8501 flights last year into
account.
He called on the ASEAN member countries to
learn from the accidents and use the group’s experience to develop
comprehensive measures to prevent situations and cope with any that
occur.
The meeting will also focus its discussions on establishing the ASEAN peace-keeping force.-VNA