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The fourth ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Defence Officials’ Dialogue (DoD)
Hanoi (VNA) – The fourth ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Defence Officials’
Dialogue (DoD) opened in Hanoi on July 22 under the chairmanship of the Head of
Vietnam’s Institute for Defence International Relations.
The DoD focuses on the ARF defence organisations’ role in regional security
structure and the consideration, assessment and future orientation of the ARF
defence coordination/cooperation.
This year’s event drew 120 delegates who are representatives of 27 ARF member
countries, members of the ASEAN Secretariat’s ARF group and ARF specialised
agencies and 10 delegates from the host country’s Ministries of Foreign
Affairs, Public Security and Defence.
As Chair of ASEAN in 2010, Vietnam will host conferences within the ARF
framework with the Ministry of Defence hosting four DoD conferences at department
and institute levels and the ARF Security Policy Conference (ASPC).
The first DoD was held in New Delhi , India , from Nov. 8-10, 2009, the second
in Nha Trang city of the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa from March
17-20, 2010, and the third in the central coastal city of Da Nang from May
17-20, 2010.
Following the fourth DoD, defence officials’ delegations will join in
activities of the ARF ministers’ meeting held by the Vietnamese Foreign
Ministry at Hanoi ’s National Convention Centre on July 23.-Enditem
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Dialogue (DoD) opened in Hanoi on July 22 under the chairmanship of the Head of
Vietnam’s Institute for Defence International Relations.
The DoD focuses on the ARF defence organisations’ role in regional security
structure and the consideration, assessment and future orientation of the ARF
defence coordination/cooperation.
This year’s event drew 120 delegates who are representatives of 27 ARF member
countries, members of the ASEAN Secretariat’s ARF group and ARF specialised
agencies and 10 delegates from the host country’s Ministries of Foreign
Affairs, Public Security and Defence.
As Chair of ASEAN in 2010, Vietnam will host conferences within the ARF
framework with the Ministry of Defence hosting four DoD conferences at department
and institute levels and the ARF Security Policy Conference (ASPC).
The first DoD was held in New Delhi , India , from Nov. 8-10, 2009, the second
in Nha Trang city of the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa from March
17-20, 2010, and the third in the central coastal city of Da Nang from May
17-20, 2010.
Following the fourth DoD, defence officials’ delegations will join in
activities of the ARF ministers’ meeting held by the Vietnamese Foreign
Ministry at Hanoi ’s National Convention Centre on July 23.-Enditem
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