Cyber security & military medicine are our challenges today: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today virtually attended the 10th anniversary of the Founding of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus). In his address, Mr Singh said, cyber security and military medicine are at the forefront of our challenges today. He said, another notable step has been the adoption of the concept paper on expanding ASEAN Direct Communication Infrastructure to the Plus countries.

Mr Singh said, there is also need to continue the efforts to address the threats of bioterrorism, transnational trafficking and pandemic diseases. He said, the support of the military establishments of the respective countries to their civilian law enforcement counterparts is important. The Minister said, our ability, to collectively respond to challenges in the region based on the fundamentals of freedom, inclusivity and openness will define our future. He said, threats to the rules based order, maritime security, cyber related crimes and terrorism, just to name a few, remain the challenges that we need to address as a forum.