Disaster relief and co-ordinating international humanitarian effort were the key issues which figured during the three-day conference of Army chiefs of the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. Army chief General Deepak Kapoor represented India in the conclave in Tokyo, which ended recently.
Chief of Army Staff equivalents from 26 countries and senior staff officers from 31 countries around the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions participated in Pacific Armies chiefs Conference (PACC) and the Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS). PACC is a biennial, multi-national, executive defense forum and fosters military-to-military cooperation, develops interpersonal relationships and contributes to regional dialogue and stability, an Army spokesman said here on Thursday.
This year’s PACC and PAMS were co-hosted by the Japan Ground Self Defense Force and US Army. The theme was humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in natural and human-induced disasters.
The three-day conferences also facilitated discussion and exchange of ideas to promote peace and stability in the region. Civil-military and interagency cooperation in disaster relief operations, and ways to increase multilateral military cooperation was also discussed, he said.
General Deepak Kapoor held bilateral meetings with the Army Chiefs of the Indian Ocean
region namely Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nepal. He also held talks with chiefs of various countries of strategic interest like Canada, Chile and South Korea.
Elaborating upon PAMS, he said it is a multinational military seminar that provides a forum for senior-level officers from the Asia Pacific’s regional ground forces to exchange views and ideas. It provided an opportunity for the future leaders of the region’s armies to establish and cultivate a set of strong interpersonal relationships. Catastrophic disasters are currently a major security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, where 40 per cent of the world’s disasters have occurred in the last 30 years.
Chief of Army Staff equivalents from 26 countries and senior staff officers from 31 countries around the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions participated in Pacific Armies chiefs Conference (PACC) and the Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS). PACC is a biennial, multi-national, executive defense forum and fosters military-to-military cooperation, develops interpersonal relationships and contributes to regional dialogue and stability, an Army spokesman said here on Thursday.
This year’s PACC and PAMS were co-hosted by the Japan Ground Self Defense Force and US Army. The theme was humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in natural and human-induced disasters.
The three-day conferences also facilitated discussion and exchange of ideas to promote peace and stability in the region. Civil-military and interagency cooperation in disaster relief operations, and ways to increase multilateral military cooperation was also discussed, he said.
General Deepak Kapoor held bilateral meetings with the Army Chiefs of the Indian Ocean
region namely Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nepal. He also held talks with chiefs of various countries of strategic interest like Canada, Chile and South Korea.
Elaborating upon PAMS, he said it is a multinational military seminar that provides a forum for senior-level officers from the Asia Pacific’s regional ground forces to exchange views and ideas. It provided an opportunity for the future leaders of the region’s armies to establish and cultivate a set of strong interpersonal relationships. Catastrophic disasters are currently a major security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, where 40 per cent of the world’s disasters have occurred in the last 30 years.
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