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| Australian & Thai Navy Frigates in Brunei for the Exercise |
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah on Wednesday inspected the ASEAN Defence Ministers'Meeting Plus Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism (ADMM-Plus MS & CT) Exercise, which is currently being conducted in Brunei.
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah was introduced to the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials'Meeting (ADSOM)-Plus Leaders and Representatives and received an exercise briefing delivered by the Exercise Co-Director, Brigadier General Seri Pahlawan Haji Hamzah, Joint Force Commander RBAF, then toured the Maritime Security Task Force headquarters and Exercise Control centre at the Multinational Coordination Centre (MNCC).
The Sultan also boarded the RBAF S-70i Blackhawk helicopter to have an aerial view of all the ADMM-Plus naval vessels berthing in the Brunei Waters before landed to witness a ship assault involving the special forces of the ADMM-Plus countries.
Navies of the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations participated in the drills, along with those from China, the U.S., Russia, Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. The Chinese military sent "Lanzhou" destroyer along with 12 SWAT soldiers and four officers to the exercise.
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