Bilateral meetings with Defence Ministers of participating countries to take place on the sidelines

New Delhi, Nov 14, 2023, PIB

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will pay an official visit to Indonesian capital Jakarta from
November 16 to 17, 2023 to attend the 10 th  ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-
Plus). During the meeting, which will take place on November 16, the Raksha Mantri will
address the forum on regional and international security issues. Indonesia is hosting the meeting
as it is the chair of ADMM-Plus.
On the sidelines of the ADMM-Plus, Shri Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral meetings with the
Defence Ministers of the participating countries and discuss defence cooperation matters to
further strengthen mutually-beneficial engagements.
The ADMM is the highest defence consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN. The
ADMM-Plus is a platform for the ASEAN member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and its eight Dialogue
Partners (India, US, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand) to
strengthen security and defence cooperation.
India became the dialogue partner of the ASEAN in 1992 and the inaugural ADMM-Plus was
convened in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 12, 2010. Since 2017, the ADMM-Plus Ministers have
been meeting annually to bolster the cooperation amongst the ASEAN and the Plus countries.
The ADMM-Plus progresses practical cooperation amongst member countries through seven
Experts Working Groups (EWGs) namely Maritime Security, Military Medicine, Cyber Security,
Peacekeeping Operations, Counter Terrorism, Humanitarian Mine Action and Humanitarian
Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR). During the 10 th  ADMM-Plus, the next set of co-chairs for
the cycle 2024-2027 would also be announced. In the present cycle from 2021-2024, India is co-
chairing EWG on HADR along with Indonesia.