PH Delegation Engages at 4th PH-New Zealand Defense Talks
An eight-member Philippine delegation engaged in Philippines-New Zealand Bilateral Defense Talks hosted this year by New Zealand’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) on 30 November 2018.
The talks allowed the two countries to share the respective defense and security policies and priorities, review progress and accomplishments of deepening defense cooperation, consult on future direction of security relations, exchange perspectives on critical regional security developments, and assess the recent co-chairing of ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Cyber Security. Talks on the Mutual Assistance Program (MAP) were also held at the margins.
The Philippine delegation is composed of (foreground to back) Mr. Luis Jacob Retanan, Defence Research Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Assessments and International Affairs (OASAIA); Director Marita Yoro, OASAIA; Ambassador to new Zealand Jesus Domingo; National Defense Undersecretary and Head of Mission Cardozo Luna; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (ADCOS) Nestor Herico; Defence and Armed Forces Attaché Dennis Gammad; Capability and Weapon System Division Chief Bob Apostol; and (second row) Military Assistant Carlos Chan.
Also in the photo on the New Zealand-side are (foreground to back) MOD International Branch Director Mike Thompson; MOD International Branch Head Eamonn O’Shaughnessy; Defense Secretary Helene Quilter; New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) Strategic Engagements Director Shaun Fogarty; and NZDF Strategic Engagements Assistant Director Julie Fitzell. (Wellington PE photo)
Philippine Delegation members pose with their New Zealand host, Defense Secretary Helene Quilter (3rd from left), form left: ADCOS Herico, Ambassador Domingo, Undersecretary Luna, Director Yoro and DAFA Gammad. (Wellington PE photo)
At the dinner hosted by Ambassador Domingo and his wife, Madame Maria Remedios Domingo, seated at Undersecretary Luna’s left. Also in the photo are Second Secretary and Consul Glenn Joseph Obach, leftmost, First Secretary and Consul Querobine Deapera Laccay, fourth from left, and New Zealand Command and Staff Course and Masters in Strategic Studies scholar Paquito Malano, rightmost. (Wellington PE photo)