Thailand: Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper hold bilateral meeting

Senior BJP leer and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is currently in Bangkok, Thailand to participate in  Association of Souast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Minister Meeting Plus (MM Plus) met with United States Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, in Bangkok. Defence Minister along with US Secretary of Defence held a bilateral meeting in capital city of Thailand on Sunday, vember 17. Rajnath Singh is furr set to attend opening ceremony of Defence & Security 2019 Exhibition.

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objectives of MM

ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting is highest defence consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN. MM aims to promote mutual trust and confidence through a greater understanding of defence and security challenges as well as enhancement of transparency and openness. objectives of MM are:

• To promote regional peace and stability through dialogue and cooperation in defence and security
• To give guidance to existing senior defence and military officials dialogue and cooperation in field of defence and security within ASEAN and between ASEAN and dialogue partners
• To promote mutual trust and confidence through a greater understanding of defence and security challenges as well as enhancement of transparency and openness
• To contribute to establishment of an ASEAN Security Community (ASC) as stipulated in Bali Concord II and to promote implementation of Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) on ASC

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(INPUTS FROM ANI)