8th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus

Subject : International Relations

Context : Recently, the eighth edition of ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+) was held.

Concept :

ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+)

It is an annual meeting of Defence Ministers of 10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and eight dialogue partner countries.
The eight dialogue partner countries are Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.
Brunei is the Chair of the ADMM Plus forum for 2021.

The objectives of the ADMM-Plus, are:

To benefit ASEAN Member States in building capacity to address shared security challenges, while cognizant 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 as it calls for ASEAN to build a peaceful, secure and prosperous ASEAN.