14th ADMM-Plus Experts Working Group Meeting on Counter-Terrorism Held in New Delhi.
Committies and Meeting
The 14th meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts Working Group (EWG) on Counter-Terrorism (EWG on CT) was held from March 19 to March 20, 2025, in New Delhi, Delhi. India and Malaysia co-chaired this latest edition of ADMM-Plus EWG on CT for the 2024-27 cycle.
- During the conference, both India and Malaysia announced work plans for the activities planned for the 2024-27 cycle and also announced the conduct of a Table-Top Exercise for EWG on CT in Malaysia in 2026 and a Field Training Exercise in India in 2027.
- Myanmar and Russia co-chaired the 13th meeting of ADMM-Plus EWG on CT for the 2021-2024 cycle.
- The meeting saw the participation of delegations from the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN nations including Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, along with member states of ADMM-Plus Nations (China, the USA, Russia, Australia, Japan, and South Korea).
Main Point :- (i) Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary of International Cooperation (IC), Ministry of Defence (MoD), along with senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Army (IA)'s Counter-Terrorism (CT) division, participated in the event.
(ii) The two-day conference primarily focused on framing a robust and comprehensive strategy to tackle the evolving threat of terrorism and extremism.
(iii) Rajesh Kumar, Secretary, MoD, while addressing the inaugural session, highlighted India's counter-terrorism efforts, including the adoption of the Delhi Declaration during India's chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2022.
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