Chinese defense minister to attend ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus

BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun will attend the 12th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) and the 15th China-ASEAN Defense Ministers' Informal Meeting in Kuala Lumpur from Thursday to Sunday.

The visit is at the invitation of the Ministry of National Defense of Malaysia, the rotating chair of ASEAN, Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, told a press conference on Thursday.

Zhang said at the events, Dong will deliver a speech to review the 15-year history of ADMM-Plus and a speech on future-oriented China-ASEAN defense cooperation, respectively.

On the sidelines of the events, he will have bilateral meetings with defense leaders of relevant countries, Zhang said.