SINGAPORE – Singapore hopes that Asean countries will be able to agree on a code to manage unexpected encounters in the air by October this year, a move that it says will help manage security threats arising from territorial disputes in the South China Sea..
SINGAPORE – Singapore hopes that Asean countries will be able to agree on a code to manage unexpected encounters in the air by October this year, a move that it says will help manage security threats arising from territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
This code of unexpected encounters (CUES) will reduce the risk of miscalculation and mishaps, and provide measures for de-escalation should they occur, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Wednesday (Feb 7).
Dr Ng, who was speaking to the media a day after the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat at the Changi Exhibition Centre, gave journalists a summary of what Asean defence chiefs had discussed during the two-day retreat.
Singapore is chairing the ADMM this year, a key platform for dialogue on regional security issues. Singapore also chairs the ADMM-Plus, which was formed in 2010 and comprises the 10 Asean countries plus eight key partners for the grouping: Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the United States.
