Indonesia will host a joint anti-terrorism exercise between the armies
of ASEAN member countries and their eight dialogue partners (ASEAN+8) at
the Indonesian military Peace Keeping Centre in Bogor, West Java in
September 2013.
Indonesian Defence Ministry’s
Secretary Budiman said that his country will host the joint exercise as
co-chair along with the US in the ASEAN Defense Minister Plus Eight
Countries programme.
The eight partners will include the
US, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Australia, Russia, China,
India, New Zealand and Japan.
Budiman said the
Peace Keeping Centre in Bogor is currently under development
progress which is expected to be completed and ready to be used on the
date of event.
In a related development, on behalf of
Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defence Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, Budiman
delivered a keynote speech in the 2013 Indonesia-ROK Security and
Defence Seminar in Jakarta, in which he said the two countries have
nurtured a strong mutual cooperation.-VNA