Southeast Asian Defence Ministers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Jakarta, his first stop of his three-nation visit to maritime neighbours - Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. India and Indonesia elevated their bilateral ties to that of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnerhsip to step up defence and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port in th...

The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which it described as reneging on a promise not to militarise artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway, the southeast Asian nation's defence minister said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second day in Manila was hectic, with a series of bilateral meetings that included one with US President Donald Trump and another with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, a meeting with business leaders and one with the expat Indians in the city. PM Modi and President Trump met on the sidelines of the ASEAN or the ...

The threat that violent extremist groups pose to Southeast Asia is growing each year as they become more organized and focused in their aims, Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Friday.

The issue of freedom of navigation in the South China Sea should not be "hyped up" or used as an excuse for provocation, China's defence minister said today, in response to recent US action in the sea.

A meeting of Asia-Pacific defence ministers has scrapped plans for a joint declaration after the Chinese delegation lobbied to block mention of Beijing's island-building activities in the disputed South China Sea, a US defence official said today.

Beijing sought to soothe tensions over its South China Sea claims today, saying it will avoid the use of force in the region as the US ponders sending war ships close to territory claimed by the Asian giant.

China's defence minister said on Friday that he is willing to hold joint drills in the disputed South China Sea with Southeast Asian countries, covering accidental encounters and search and rescue, striking a conciliatory tone over an increasingly tense spat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Jakarta, his first stop of his three-nation visit to maritime neighbours - Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. India and Indonesia elevated their bilateral ties to that of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnerhsip to step up defence and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port in th...

The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which it described as reneging on a promise not to militarise artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway, the southeast Asian nation's defence minister said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second day in Manila was hectic, with a series of bilateral meetings that included one with US President Donald Trump and another with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, a meeting with business leaders and one with the expat Indians in the city. PM Modi and President Trump met on the sidelines of the ASEAN or the ...

The threat that violent extremist groups pose to Southeast Asia is growing each year as they become more organized and focused in their aims, Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Friday.

The issue of freedom of navigation in the South China Sea should not be "hyped up" or used as an excuse for provocation, China's defence minister said today, in response to recent US action in the sea.

A meeting of Asia-Pacific defence ministers has scrapped plans for a joint declaration after the Chinese delegation lobbied to block mention of Beijing's island-building activities in the disputed South China Sea, a US defence official said today.

Beijing sought to soothe tensions over its South China Sea claims today, saying it will avoid the use of force in the region as the US ponders sending war ships close to territory claimed by the Asian giant.

China's defence minister said on Friday that he is willing to hold joint drills in the disputed South China Sea with Southeast Asian countries, covering accidental encounters and search and rescue, striking a conciliatory tone over an increasingly tense spat.