ASEAN moves closer to regional defence industry collaboration

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took another step towards establishing a formal arrangement for regional defence industrial collaboration during the 8 ^th ASEAN defence ministers' meeting (ADMM), which ended on 21 May in Myanmar.

In a joint declaration, regional defence ministers agreed to adopt the terms of reference for an "ASEAN defence industry collaboration consultative group" that will draw up a range of related activities for discussion and approval during the 9 ^th ADMM in Malaysia in 2015.

The consultative group will propose a framework of activities related to education and training, an outline of feasible areas of industrial collaboration, and suggest measures to overcome continuing concerns in the region about the ownership and funding of collaborative projects as well as the transfer of technologies and intellectual property between ASEAN member states.

Sumber : Janes