China to send defence attaché to ASEAN meeting in Philippines
Beijing will send a lower-level envoy to the regional security forum and reiterate support for ASEAN centrality as Dong Jun stays away.
- On Tuesday, China announced its defense attaché will represent Beijing at the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus in Cebu this week, instead of Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun.
- Beijing's decision coincides with the Communist Party fifth plenum running Monday through Thursday, preventing Dong from attending the regional dialogue he has attended for the past two years.
- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrive in the Philippines this week for bilateral talks, while Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plans to bolster regional defense cooperation.
- Kang will address North Korea's recent land mine provocation near the inter-Korean border, while Koizumi manages tensions with China, which he previously called the "most challenging aspect of Japan-China relations."
- The ADMM-Plus platform aims to promote regional trust and dialogue, with Chinese ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun emphasizing that Beijing remains "always open to dialogue" and supports ASEAN centrality.
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Dong Jun to miss Asean defence talks as Beijing’s fifth plenum convenes
China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun will skip this week’s meeting of Southeast Asian defence chiefs and their dialogue partners in Cebu, with Beijing instead sending its defence attache in the Philippines. Dong has attended the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) for the past two years. This year’s ADMM and ADMM-Plus, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, coincide with a major Communist Party meeting known as the fifth plenum, which …
China to send defense attaché to ASEAN meeting in Philippines
BEIJING — The defense attaché at the Chinese embassy to the Philippines will attend the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus being held in Cebu this week, the Chinese defense ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said China will exchange views with other parties on upholding dialogue and enhancing mutual understanding and trust at the event, and reiterate its […]
(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Hyun-jung = China will send its local ambassador instead of its defense minister to the ASEAN Expanded Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM-Plus) to be held in the Philippines on the 29th...
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