ASEAN ARMY CHIEFS HOLD CLOSE-DOOR MEETING IN JAKARTA

The army chiefs of 10 Southeast Asian nations held a closed-door meeting here Tuesday to discuss various issues on regional security and stability.

ANTARA reported here Tuesday that the meeting was chaired by Indonesian Army chief, Gen Ryamizard Ryacudu, and was attended by his counterparts Malaysia's Dato Sri Pahlawan Moh Azumi bin Muhamad, Thailand's Chasif Sinawatra, the Philippines' Efren Abu and Singapore's Desmond Kwek.

Vietnam's Nguyen Nang Nguyen, Laos' Kenekhum Shengyehone, Brunei's Dato Paduka Abdurrahman, Cambodia's Meas Sophea,
and Myanmar's Mauraq Aye were also present at the two-hour meeting held at the Hilton Hotel.

The holding of the closed-door meeting was part of the one-day ASEAN Commanders of the Army Mutual Meeting (ACAMM), which was opened here Tuesday.

The army commanders on Monday held talks on joint efforts to combat terrorism and illegal arms trafficking, which have plagued the region in the past few years.

The army chiefs agreed to set up a joint command post and hold regular training sessions for soldiers to improve their capability in combatting terrorism.