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ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus)

CONTEXT Vietnam has invited India for ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus) being hosted by Vietnam in December 2020. About ADMM- Plus Consistent with the ADMM guiding principles of open and outward looking, the 2nd ADMM in Singapore in 2007 adopted the Concept Paper to establish the ADMM-Plus. The ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN and its eight Dialogue Partners to strengthen security and defence cooperation for peace, stability, and development in the region. Eight Dialogue Partners are Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and the USA (collectively referred to as the “Plus Countries” ). Agreed five areas of practical cooperation under this mechanism are: Maritime security, counter-terrorism, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping operations and military medicine. In 2013, a new priority area of humanitarian mine action was agreed.

Lt. Col. A G Rangaraj declared Korean War Hero for the month of July 2020

His photos will be displayed in the War Memorial of Korea (South) and other places in the country for the whole month of July next year. Lt. Col. A G Rangaraj, MVC Korean Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs has named Lt. Col A. G. Rangaraj, the commanding officer of 60 Para Field Ambulance of the Indian Army as the Korean War Hero for the month of July 2020. This first Indian Army Paratrooper Commando had led 60th Parachute Field Ambulance Platoon, a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) to South-North Korea war that had erupted in 1950 to end on 1953. Later he was also decorated with Maha Vir Chakra. “During the month of July 2020, the photo of Lt. Col A. G. Rangaraj will be put in the War Memorial and other public places in Korea. This gesture is a token of appreciation from the heart of Korean people for the sacrifices made by the participating nations,” said Col. Lee In, the Defense Attaché, Embassy of Republic of Korea in New Delhi during the luncheon (titled as Kar Salam) ho...