KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Malaysia has called for a stronger, more coordinated and effective regional disaster response capability among Asean member states to address increasingly complex and interconnected threats facing the region.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said no Asean member state, regardless of its resources, could address these challenges entirely on its own, underscoring the need for closer regional cooperation and collective preparedness.
“In this regard, Malaysia believes that Asean must work towards building a stronger, more coordinated and effective regional disaster response capability,” he said in his opening remarks at the 20th Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM), being held in Cebu, the Philippines, today and tomorrow.
