At the invitation of H.E. General Chansamone Chanyalath, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Lao PDR, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, will lead the ASEAN Secretariat’s delegation to participate in the 18th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM), 11th ADMM-Plus and Related Events, hosted by Lao PDR as the ADMM Chair for 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 20-21 November 2024. In this course of attending the meetings, Dr. Kao is scheduled to meet bilaterally with Defence Ministers of the ASEAN Member States and that of the Dialogue Partners of ASEAN to exchange views and discuss the ongoing work of the ADMM and ADMM-Plus, as well as the way forward for the defence sector.
