Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 1 November 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, attended the Chairmanship Handover Ceremony of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM-Plus from Malaysia to the Republic of the Philippines. The Philippines will officially assume the defence sectoral chairmanship in ASEAN, starting on 1 January 2026.
Secretary-General of ASEAN attended the Chairmanship Handover Ceremony of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting
