BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States is open to involving Brunei in the Pacific Partnership in a bid to enhance disaster response preparedness among nations across the Asia-Pacific, a senior U.S. navy officer was quoted as saying by a local report Wednesday.
Commodore Tom Williams of the U.S. Navy said any interested country including the sultanate were invited to participate in the largest multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission conducted annually in the region.
"The Pacific Partnership is very important for anybody who has a concern for natural disasters," he told reporters in a telephonic press briefing Tuesday.
He said that foreign government or navy can contact their U.S. government representative to join future missions, enabling allied and partner nations to conduct disaster response training in the country during the maritime operation.
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