ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus

25.11.2024

ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus

Why in the news?                        

            The Union Defence Minister engaged in a series of high-level discussions with counterparts from the United States of America, Japan and the Philippines during the 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) held in Vientiane, Laos.

About ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus:

• It is a platform for ASEAN and its eight Dialogue Partners Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.
• It was established to strengthen security and defence cooperation for peace, stability, and development in the region.
• The Inaugural ADMM-Plus was convened in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 12 October 2010.
• Since 2017, the ADMM-Plus meets annually, to allow enhanced dialogue and cooperation among ASEAN and the Plus Countries in the midst of an increasingly challenging regional security environment.

Objectives of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus:

• To benefit ASEAN Member States in building capacity to address shared security challenges, while cognisant of the differing capacities of various ASEAN Member States;
• To promote mutual trust and confidence between defence establishments through greater dialogue and transparency;
• To enhance regional peace and stability through cooperation in defence and security, in view of the transnational security challenges the region faces;
• To contribute to the realisation of an ASEAN Security Community which, as stipulated in the Bali Concord II, embodies ASEAN’s aspiration to achieve peace, stability, democracy and prosperity in the region where ASEAN Member States live at peace with one another and with the world at large;
• To facilitate the implementation of the Vientiane Action Programme, which calls for ASEAN to build a peaceful, secure and prosperous ASEAN, and to adopt greater outward-looking external relation strategies with our friends and Dialogue Partners.

                                                                  Source: PIB

With reference to ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), consider the following:

1. It was established to strengthen security and defence cooperation in the region.

2. The inaugural ADMM-Plus was convened in Hanoi, Vietnam.

3. India is not a member of this initiative.

How many of the above statements are correct?

A.Only one

B.Only two

C.All three

D.None

Answer B