11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Lao PDR will be attended by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh

11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Lao PDR will be attended by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will be on official visit to Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) from November 20-22, 2024.
He will attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus).
During the meeting, he will address the forum on Regional and International Security Issues.
Lao PDR is the chair and host of 11th ADMM-Plus.
ADMM is the highest defence consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN.
ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN member states and its eight Dialogue Partners to strengthen security and defence cooperation.
India became the dialogue partner of ASEAN in 1992.
The first ADMM-Plus was convened in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 12, 2010.
Since 2017, ADMM-Plus Ministers have been meeting annually.
ASEAN member states are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its eight Dialogue Partners are India, US, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Laos is officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR). It is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.