The Myanmar delegation led by Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Soe Min Oo from the office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) attended the 21st ASE­AN Chiefs of Defence Forces Meeting (21st ACDFM) and its related meetings — 14th ASEAN Military Operations Meeting (14th AMOM) and 21st ASEAN Military Intelligence Meet­ing-21st AMIM in — Laos yes­terday.

 

At the meetings, the high-ranking military delega­tions of the ASEAN discussed the topic “ASEAN — Together for Peace, Security and Resil­ience”.

 

They then approved the Two Years Work Plan (2024- 2026) and Joint Statement of the 21st ACDFM. The ACDFM chairmanship 2025 was also handed over to Malaysia at the event.

 

At noon, the Myanmar del­egation separately met Chief of Defence Forces of Royal Thai Armed Forces General Song­wit Noonpackdee, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Dep­uty Defence Minister Senior Lt-Gen Nguyen Tan Cuong and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) General Vong Pisen, and openly discussed en­hancement of bilateral relations between the armed forces and exchanged gifts. — MNA/KTZH