ADMM - ASEAN Defence Minister's Meeting (ADMM)

About the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting

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Establishment

The ASEAN Security Community (ASC) Plan of Action, adopted at the 10^th ASEAN Summit, stipulates that ASEAN shall work towards the convening of an annual ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting. Against this background, the Inaugural meeting of the ADMM was held in Kuala Lumpur on 9 May 2006.

The ADMM is the highest defence consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN. The ADMM aims to promote mutual trust and confidence through greater understanding of defence and security challenges as well as enhancement of transparency and openness.

Objectives

The objectives of the ADMM, are:

To promote regional peace and stability through dialogue and cooperation in defence and security;
To give guidance to existing senior defence and military officials dialogue and cooperation in the field of defence and security within ASEAN and between ASEAN and dialogue partners;
To promote mutual trust and confidence through greater understanding of defence and security challenges as well as enhancement of transparency and openness; and
To contribute to the establishment of an ASEAN Security Community (ASC) as stipulated in the Bali Concord II and to promote the implementation of the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) on ASC.

Achievements

Practical cooperation in the ASEAN defence sector has grown steadily since its inception with various initiatives in the following areas:

Maritime Security (MS)	Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)	Counter-Terrorism (CT)	Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)	Military Medicine (MM)
ASEAN Direct Communications Infrastructure in the ADMM Process (ADI) ADMM Guidelines for Maritime Interaction (GMI)	The Use of ASEAN Military Assets and Capacities in HADR (SASOP Chapter VI) Logistics Support Framework (LSF) ASEAN Militaries Ready Group on HADR (AMRG on HADR) Standard Operating Procedures on the Multinational Coordination Centre (MNCC SOP)	ASEAN Our Eyes (AOE) Network of ASEAN Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Defence Experts	ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) ASEAN Flag to be Displayed Next to National Flag at the Compound of ASEAN Member State’s Military Units Participating in UN PKOs Enhancing Support Mechanism for ASEAN Women Peacekeepers	ASEAN Center of Military Medicine (ACMM) ASEAN Military Medicine Conference (AMMC) Enhancing Cooperation Amongst Defence Forces of ASEAN Member States in Cross-Border Pandemic Containment
Cyber Security (CS)	Border Management	Defence Industry	Defence Education	Other Confidence-building Measures
ASEAN Cyber Defence Network (ACDN) ADMM Cybersecurity and Information Centre of Excellence (ACICE)	The Role of ASEAN Defence Establishments in Supporting Border Management	ASEAN Defence Industry Collaboration (ADIC)	ADMM-Wide Training and Education Exchanges (AETEs) ASEAN Defence Educational Institutions' Collaboration (ADEIC)	ASEAN Defence Interaction Programmes (ADIP) Guidelines for Air Military Encounters (GAME) ASEAN Defence Establishments and Civil Society Organisations Cooperation on Non-Traditional Security

ADMM Chair

The Chairmanship of the ADMM follows that of ASEAN.

For 2024, the Chairman of the ADMM and the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting (ADSOM) are below:

Chairman of ADMM:

H.E. Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence

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Chairman of ADSOM:

BG Saichay Kommasith

Permanent Secretary of Defence

Ministry of National Defence

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ADMM contact point:

Col Feuangxay Milakong

Deputy Director General of Foreign Relations Department

Ministry of National Defence

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