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South China Sea likely to headline ASEAN defence meet
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IANS | 16 Nov, 2019
Defence Ministers from India, the US, China and 10 ASEAN member
countries are meeting in Thailand to discuss "sustainable security"
against the backdrop of concerns in the international community over the
lack of free navigational movement in South China Sea because of
Beijing's military assertiveness in the maritime region.
India
will be represented by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the ASEAN
Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). Rajnath Singh left for
Bangkok on Saturday to attend the meet to be held from November 16-19.
"Leaving
for Bangkok, Thailand to attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting
(ADMM) and the ADMM-Plus meetings. These Ministerial-level meetings are
important in the regional security architecture as they help in
promoting strategic dialogue between ASEAN and its partners," Singh
tweeted before leaving for Bangkok.
The ADMM-Plus is a platform
for ASEAN member nations and their eight partners to strengthen
cooperation in security and defence with the objective of stability and
development in the region.
It aims to build strategies for the
benefit of ASEAN member countries in capacity-building so as to
effectively address security challenges. The ADMM-Plus also aims to
promote mutual trust and confidence among the members and partners
through dialogues and transparency.
According to Hong-Kong based
English daily South China Morning Post, US Secretary of Defence Mark
Esper and Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe will also attend the
ADMM-Plus meeting. The US and China are dialogue partners of the
10-member regional framework of nations.
"Fears about China's
increasingly bellicose actions in the South China Sea and the 'truancy'
of senior US leaders from the recent Southeast Asian diplomatic events
will be among the key talking points at this weekend's meeting of
regional defence chiefs," reported the English daily quoting analysts.
The
US has time and again reiterated its stance of keeping the South China
Sea free from any regional domination in order to ensure continuous and
peaceful maritime trade between continents.
It has also
expressed its willingness in the past to partner with any nation in the
Indian Ocean Region to keep at bay China's attempts at increasing its
military presence in the area.
It is also likely that Vietnam,
which is embroiled in territorial disputes with China, will up the ante
against the latter at the meeting.
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