May
18, 2017
Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing, who is in the Philippines, attended the 14th ASEAN Chiefs of
Defense Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM) held in Manila’s Sofitel Hotel
yesterday morning.
Chief of Staff
of the Philippines Army General Eduardo M. Año delivered the opening speech.
This was followed by the Philippines Army Deputy Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
disclosing the results of the 14th ASEAN Military Intelligence Informal Meeting
and the Philippines Army Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) disclosing the
results of the 6th ASEAN Military Operations Informal Meeting.
Next, General
Eduardo Año and other military leaders discussed on various topics. Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing spoke on possible cooperative strategies concerning
maritime security in Southeast Asia.
Afterwards,
discussions were made on the ASEAN militaries’ 2017-2018 two-year project
followed by the various military leaders signing the joint statement of the
14th ACDFIM.
General Eduardo
Año then delivered the closing speech and transferred the role of host country
for the 15th ACDFIM to LtGen Perry Lim of the Singapore Armed Forces.
Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing then met separately with Malaysia’s Commander-in-Chief General
Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Bin, a delegation led by Vietnam’s Deputy Minister
for Defense Lt-Gen Phan Van Giang, and a delegation led by Deputy C-in-C of Cambodian
Armed Forces General Eth Sarath.
The Senior
General discussed more goodwill tours between the countries, transferring of
military trainees, joint security efforts and anti-terrorism efforts.
Myanmar News
Agency
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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