Japan-Laos Defense Ministerial Meeting

(Press Release)

November 21, 2024
Japan Ministry of Defense

In Japanese

On November 21, 2024, Defense Minister Nakatani, visiting Laos to attend the 11th ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, H.E. General Chansamone Chanyalath. The summary of the meeting is as follows:

  1. At the outset of the meeting, Minister Nakatani congratulated H.E. on Laos’s chairmanship of this year’s ADMM-Plus.
  2. The two Ministers discussed their bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation and exchanges, including high-level exchanges and capacity building, and concurred to further enhance defense cooperation and exchanges.
  3. The two Ministers concurred to begin discussions on Japan providing disaster relief related equipment to Laos.

Japan-Laos Defense Ministerial Meeting(PDF)