Cambodia kicks off three-day meeting of senior ASEAN defense officials

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Senior defense officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began a three-day meeting in Phnom Penh Tuesday to strengthen regional cooperation in defense  and security.

Lay Chenda, director of the ASEAN Affairs Department at the Ministry of National Defense, said the regional group was now entering a "new stage of more practical substance" in response to security challenges.

“ASEAN defense and military meetings are an indispensable part in realizing the goal of an ASEAN Political Security community by 2015,” he said.

During the talks between Tuesday and Thursday, Lay Chenda said the ASEAN Defense Senior Officials Meeting (ADSOM) Working Group would discuss various issues including a draft concept paper on reviewing frequency of ASEAN Defense Ministers-Plus meetings (ADMM-Plus).

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