BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 10 (Xinhua) -- More military troops and equipment are
arriving in Brunei in support of the inaugural multi-national live military
exercise, dubbed as ASEAN Defence Minister Meeting Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster
Relief and Military Medicine Exercise (HADR & MM Ex).
The military exercise is scheduled to start from June
16, which is expected to see participation from ASEAN countries and its eight
dialogue partners, the Defense Ministry of Brunei said Monday.
Earlier, China's transport ship called KUNLUN SHAN had
arrived in Brunei's Muara commercial port to transport equipment and personnel
required for the exercise. On Sunday morning, IL-76 aircraft from China has
also landed at the Royal Brunei Air Force, Rimba Air Base. The IL-76 comprises
15 crew members and 34 passengers. The aircraft is transporting HADR medical
equipment.
On Wednesday, these convoy of heavy vehicles will be
traveling from Penanjong Garrison to exercise site in Temburong. The convoy will
start at 4.00 a.m. where they will be traveling through Muara- Tutong highway,
Jerudong Road, Mulaut-Limau Manis Road and Kuala Lurah Road, the Defense
Ministry said.
On Sunday, Singapore's RSS ENDURANCE Class LSTs
arrived and docked at the Royal Brunei Naval Jetty. The ship was unloading
exercise support equipment such as heavy vehicles and personnel. on Monday
morning, the equipment has been transported to the exercise site in Bangar,
Temburong District using two of Singapore ' s Fast Craft Utility and two Royal
Brunei Navy's Landing Craft.
Concurrently, the Philippines' aircraft C-130 has also
arrived on Monday morning. The C-130 comprises 11 crew members, 17 passengers,
and carrying HADR equipment such as one Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) with trailers,
two outboard motors and an alternative inflatable boat.
The current tally for participating countries already
in Brunei include China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and
Vietnam. Throughout next week, arrivals of other supporting nations are
expected via air and sea.
Brunei said earlier it is ready to host the exercise.
This combined exercise will bring together more than 2,000 military personnel
from the 10 ASEAN countries as well as the 8 Plus countries which include
Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea and the United
States.
The exercise is essentially a military-to-military
cooperation exercise, designed to formulate and develop a common set of
Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs). The exercise objective is to elevate
military practical cooperation from ASEAN level to ASEAN Plus level, and build
upon ASEAN militaries' experiences of previous exercises.
Essentially, the objective is to enhance
military-to-military interoperability, coordination and cooperation amongst the
18 participating countries.
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