11th ASEAN Military Operations Meeting held online
The 11th ASEAN Military Operations Meeting (AMOM-11) was held via videoconference on March 10 under the chair of Brigadier General Haji Abdul Razak bin Haji Abd, Joint Force Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
The Vietnamese delegation at the meeting (Source: qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 11th ASEAN Military Operations Meeting (AMOM-11) was held via videoconference onMarch 10 under the chair of Brigadier General Haji Abdul Razak bin Haji Abd, Joint Force Commander ofthe Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
Major General Nguyen Duc Can,Director of the Operations Department under the General Staff of the VietnamPeople’s Army, led the Vietnamese delegation to attend the event.
At the meeting, ASEAN military operations chiefs exchanged views on the regional and global security situation, especially traditionaland non-traditional security challenges that are directly affecting the ASEAN region.
They reviewed the outcomes of and set out orientations for cooperation among ASEAN armies, including theiroperations forces, in the time ahead.
The officers also discussedthe updating of the ASEAN armies' work plan for 2021-2022, which wasadopted in 2020 when Vietnam took over the role as ASEAN Chair.
Addressing the meeting, Canstressed that amid complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic,non-traditional security challenges remain a permanent factor of uncertainty,requiring countries enhance ties in sharing information, controlling borders,and coordinating activities of operations agencies.
As the bodies in charge of planningmilitary activities, the operations departments of ASEAN armies shouldprioritise the maintenance of their central role in building trust among theASEAN armies while reinforcing practical and effective cooperation via jointactivities, he suggested.
Can added that Vietnamsupports the draft update to the work plan for 2021-2022, which will besubmitted to the 18th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces’ Meeting (ACDFM-18) forapproval.
Concluding the meeting, thechairmanship of the AMOM-12 was handed over to Cambodia, which will be Chair ofASEAN in 2022./.
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The Vietnamese delegation at the meeting (Source: qdnd.vn) 
