LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA, March 16 -- Defense ministers from the 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) agreed here Monday to cooperate in tackling the grave security threat from the Islamic State (IS).
At the end of the two-day 9th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting, the ministers signed a joint declaration on maintaining regional security and stability.
At a press conference, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, who chaired the meeting, said all the ASEAN defense ministers took note of the threat of the IS and its growing influence and lingkages across the globe.
He said the defense ministers shared opinions that the root causes of IS issue should be identified and the public should be educated to create more awareness.
The ASEAN defense ministers also discussed several important proposals, such as the formation of ASEAN Militaries Ready Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, the establishment of the ASEAN Center of Military Medicine, he added.
J-11 fighters in air exercise
Beauties dancing on the rings
Attendants-to-be join Mr. & Miss Campus Contest
Beijing's toughest anti-smoking law takes effect
Family lives in cave for about 50 years in SW China
PLA soldiers operating vehicle-mounted guns in drill
Blind carpenter in E China's Jiangxi
China hosts overseas disaster relief exercise for the first time
20 pairs of twins who will become flight attendants in Sichuan
Obama is sowing discontent in S.China Sea
Rescuers work through night to reach cruise ship survivors
Driving through limbo
Facing down MERSDay|Week
