{"id":41350,"date":"2026-10-29T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=41350"},"modified":"2026-10-29T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:50:38","slug":"travel-to-philippines-for-13th-asean-defence-ministers-meeting-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/travel-to-philippines-for-13th-asean-defence-ministers-meeting-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel to Philippines for 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers&#8217; Meeting Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to the Philippines this week to represent Australia at the 13<sup>th<\/sup> Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Deputy Prime Minister\u2019s attendance at the ADMM-Plus underlines Australia\u2019s strong commitment to a region with ASEAN at its centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 28-29 October, the Deputy Prime Minister will meet with counterparts from across the Indo-Pacific to discuss shared challenges and opportunities for deepening defence cooperation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He will also hold minilateral meetings with partners on priority areas of strategic collaboration including maritime security, defence infrastructure, cyber security and training and exercises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI welcome the opportunity to deepen defence relationships with some of Australia\u2019s key partners in the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cASEAN sits at the core of Australia\u2019s vision for a peaceful, stable and prosperous region, where all countries are free to exercise their sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ADMM-Plus continues to provide an important forum for Australia to engage with our partners on shared ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to the Philippines this week to represent Australia at the 13th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus).&nbsp; The Deputy Prime Minister\u2019s attendance at the ADMM-Plus underlines Australia\u2019s strong commitment to a region with ASEAN at its centre. From 28-29 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/travel-to-philippines-for-13th-asean-defence-ministers-meeting-plus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Travel to Philippines for 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers&#8217; Meeting Plus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41351,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41350\/revisions\/41351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}