The Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, is visiting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend the 12th edition of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting and hold bilateral discussions with his counterparts from ADMM—Plus countries regarding evolving regional security situations. Singh will attend the 12th ADMM-Plus meeting in Kuala Lumpur on November 1..
Rajnath will be presenting India’s views on how to deal with the major security challenges, including the threat of terrorism facing the region, at the conference. He will address the forum on 'Reflection on 15 years of ADMM-Plus and Charting the Way Forward'.
ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-Plus) is a platform comprising 11-nation ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its eight dialogue partners — India, China, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, and the United States.
Singh will also attend the second edition of the ASEAN-India Defence Ministers' informal meeting, which is scheduled for Friday, being convened with the purpose of further strengthening defence and security cooperation among ASEAN member states and India, the defence ministry said.
India became the dialogue partner of ASEAN in 1992, and the inaugural ADMM-Plus was convened in Hanoi in October 2010. Under the construct of ADMM-Plus, India is the co-chair of an expert working group on counter terrorism with Malaysia for the cycle 2024-2027.
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