ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting

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JAKARTA - Menhan RI Purnomo Yusgiantoro berjalan bersama Menteri Energi Brunei Darussalam YB Pehin Datu Singamanteri Col (Rtd) Dato Seri Paduka Hj Moh. Yasmin bin H. Umar, Menhan Kamboja General Tea Banh, Menhan Vietnam General Phung Quang Thanh, Second Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen Singapura, dan Sekretaris Pertahanan Nasional Filipina Hon.Voltaire T. Gazmin menghadiri pembukaan ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting di Balai Sidang Jakarta, Kamis (19/5). Rapat tersebut antara lain membahas isu-isu keamanan non-tradisional seperti terorisme, perompakan, dan imigran gelap serta penguatan keamanan kawasan ASEAN. FOTO ANTARA/Andika Wahyu/ed/mes/11.



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