Brunei: DEFENCE MINISTERS FOR ADMM RETREAT AND ADMM PLUS HAVE ARRIVED

By Normasitirena Suhaini

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Wednesday 28 August 2013 – Arrivals of Defence Ministers and representatives attending the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) and the 2nd ASEAN Defence Ministers’ were welcomed by senior officials of the Ministry of Defence of the host country at the Brunei International Airport and the Rimba Airbase today.

The list of Defence Ministers and representatives that have arrived in the country for the 2nd ADMM Plus includes:

1. The Honourable Stephen Smith MP – Minister of Defence, Australia
2. His Excellency General Tea Banh - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Kingdom of Cambodia
3. His Excellency General Chang Wanquan – State Councilor and Minister of National Defence, The People’s Republic of China
4. The Honourable Mr Jitendra Singh – Minister of State for Defence, Republic of India
5. His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ir. Purnomo Yusgiantoro - Minister of Defence, Republic of Indonesia
6. His Excellency Mr Itsunori Onodera – Minister of Defence, Japan
7. His Excellency Kim Kwan-Jin – Minister of National Defence, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Korea
8. His Excellency Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichith – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
9. The Honourable Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein – Minister of Defence, Malaysia
10. His Excellency Lieutenant General Wai Lwin -  Minister of Defence, Republic of The Union of Myanmar
11. The Honourable Jonathan Coleman - Minister of Defence, New Zeland
12. His Excellency Voltaire T.Gazmin, Secretary of Department of National Defense, Republic of the Philippines
13. His Excellency Mr. A. I. Antonov – Deputy Minister of Defence, Russia
14. His Excellency Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence, Republic of Singapore
15. His Excellency General Yuthasak Sasiprapha – Deputy Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Thailand
16. The Honorable Chuck Hagel – Secretary of Defense, United States of America
17. His Excellency General Phung Quang Thanh - Minister of National Defence, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

18. His Excellency Nyan Lynn – Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN

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