The Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN] defense ministers’ annual meeting took a major step forward this year, launching its first Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief [HADR] program and Military Medicine [MM] Joint Exercise [HADR/MM].
The ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus [ADMM-Plus] includes defense ministers from the 10 member states of the ASEAN as well as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States and Russia. The meeting is the highest-level official multilateral security mechanism on defense affairs in the Asia-Pacific region.
The ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus [ADMM-Plus] includes defense ministers from the 10 member states of the ASEAN as well as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States and Russia. The meeting is the highest-level official multilateral security mechanism on defense affairs in the Asia-Pacific region.
