MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th October, 2018) The 12th Asian Defense Minister Meeting (ADMM) � talks between top defense officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) � as well as the fifth meeting of the ADMM-Plus broader group will begin in Singapore on Thursday.
The ADMM-Plus meeting will include ASEAN and its eight Dialogue Partners, such as China, India, Russia and the United States, among others. It has been designed to improve regional security and efforts to fight terrorism.
The talks will conclude on Saturday and will also include the ceremony for the handing over the ADMM chairmanship from Singapore to Thailand.
ASEAN comprises 10 Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
