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World's top military leaders converge in Manila
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon
City--Twenty-nine top military leaders from Indo-Asia Pacific region
along with some of the world’s military powers gathered in this year's
Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference co-hosted by the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the United States Pacific Command.
Chiefs of Defense and senior military
leaders from Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea,
Mongolia, Chile, Colombia, France, Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom, and the
United States of America came in for the three-day conference which ran
from September 5 to 7.
The discussion centered on regional military cooperation and challenges, as highlighted by discussions on "Future Regional Order in the Indo-Asia-Pacific," "Military Cooperation in Transnational Security," and "Prospects for Maritime Shared Awareness, Technology, and Innovation."
Separate programs were also held for the
Senior Enlisted Leaders (SEL) and the Spouses Network comprised of
professional development conferences, capability demonstrations and
static displays for the SEL and guided tours, and humanitarian visits
for the spouses.
This year’s hosting of CHOD took its cue
from the 2014 conference in Brunei, where former AFP Chief of Staff
Gregorio Catapang Jr agreed to the request of USPACOM to co-host.
Started in 1998, CHOD became a platform for multilateral military
dialogue and sharing of regional and global perspectives on common
security challenges.
"We've marked modest achievements in the
realization of our aspirations as far as regional peace and stability
are concerned. Through this, we are optimistic in the cooperative ties
that we have forged together to address terrorism, trafficking in
person, drug trafficking, and other transnational crimes. We will emerge
empowered still despite our own preoccupations with our mandates at
home," said AFP Chief of Staff General Ricardo R Visaya who led the AFP
in the three-day conference.
"As for the AFP, this conference became a
venue for us to showcase our capacity for regional leadership, as we
continue to promote trust, cooperation, and the peaceful advancement of
our individual and common interests in the Indo-Asia Pacific region,"
General Visaya added.--
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