Marine security features prominently in the cooperation between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), visiting ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn has said in a recent interview granted to the Indian news agency ANI.
Building trust to encourage peace dialogues and compromise is key to dealing with complex marine security challenges which are threatening trade networks, said Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore Chan Chun Sing.
A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence has voiced its support for the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s ties with ASEAN, both bilaterally and multilaterally, affirming that this relationship will bring peace, stability and development to both sides.
The European Council on Foreign Relations agreed to strengthen work with Asian partners, including China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and ASEAN nations, to promote global security and enhanced security in Asia at a meeting on May 28.
New security challenges amid the fourth industrial revolution like cyber security, chemical and biological weapons and armed and non-armed terrorism requires efforts from separate countries and the whole Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to counter them.
About 500 members of Malaysian People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) will be deployed to assist in monitoring security in Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) from January 2018.
President Tran Dai Quang and Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla have agreed to deepen bilateral collaboration in marine security and prevention of terrorism and organised crime.
The Malaysian defence minister said his country would implement new measures to strengthen security in the Sabah sea, including the fight against the IS and terrorist groups in southern Philippines.
The defence ministers of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia on June 20 agreed to explore all possibilities to prevent ship kidnappings and attacks.
An Indonesian transport official has said ships travelling from the country's Borneo Island to the Philippines need to have an armed escort as piracy in the waters is escalating.
