DPM Teo Attends 7th FPDA Defence Ministers' Meeting in

01 Jun 2009

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Dato' Haji .

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean is attending the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) Defence Ministers' Meeting, which is being held in , Malaysia, from 31 May to 1 Jun 2009. The other FPDA Defence Ministers attending the meeting are Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon, Malaysian Minister of Defence Dato' Seri Dr , New Zealand Minister of Defence Wayne Mapp, and the United Kingdom Minister for International Defence and Security Baroness Ann Taylor. The FPDA Defence Ministers' Meeting, held every three years, is hosted alternately by Singapore and Malaysia. This year's meeting, the seventh in the series, is hosted by Malaysia.

The FPDA Defence Ministers called on Malaysia's Acting Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin today. The FPDA Defence Ministers called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on 29 May.

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During this visit to Kuala Lumpur, Mr Teo also held bilateral meetings with Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin, and Federal Territories Minister Dato' Bin Raja Zainal Abidin today. Mr Teo will meet Rural and Regional Development Minister Dato' Seri Haji Mohd Shafie Bin Haji Apdal tomorrow.

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