0 ARF-ISG DOD Delhi, 9 November 2009 Takeshi ISHIKAWA Director for International Policy Ministry of Defense, Japan Promoting Effectiveness of Defense-Security Cooperation among ARF Countries ＪＰＮ

1 Multilateral Frameworks in Asia Pacific Region ( Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Thailand the Philippines Singapore Vietnam Laos Cambodia Myanmar Japan South Korea China ＥＵＥＵ PNG Mongolia North Korea Pakistan Timor L’est Bangladesh Sri Lanka Peru Mexico Chili Chinese Hong Kong Chinese Taipei Pacific Islands Forum （◆） ＡＳＥＡＮ Office （◆） （◆） =observer ＡＳＥＡＮ ＡＰＥＣ US Canada Russia Australia NZ India ＡＳＥＡＮ＋３ ＥＡＳ ＡＳＥＡＮ・ＰＭＣ ＡＲＦ（２６ countries ＋ＥＵ） ASEAN= Core of the Regional Cooperation

2 Feature of the Multilateral Frameworks Summit Foreign Ministers Economic Ministers Financial Ministers Economy-related Defense ADMM + ? (Defense Ministers) Shangri-la? (Track 1.5) (Defense Ministers) Asia-Pacific Region Security ARF (Foreign Ministers) Environmental Ministers Energy Ministers Tourism Ministers Insurance Ministers and so forth

3 Development of the multilateral cooperation in Defense field  Cooperation among defense authorities  Cooperation on non-traditional security issues ・ ARF Defense Official’s Dialogue (DOD) ・ ARF Security Policy Conference (ASPC) ARF ADMM ADMM +

4 Trilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia Strengthen security dialogue Facilitate exchange and cooperation among the defense or military personnel of the three countries Push the trilateral relations forward in the direction of good-neighborliness, mutual trust, comprehensive cooperation, mutual benefit and common development Contribute to world peace, stability and prosperity “Joint Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Trilateral Cooperation among Japan, China and ROK” (Beijing, 10 October 2009)

5 Tokyo Defense Forum ・ Dialogue among Director General level or General level of defense officials in Asia Pacific regions ・ Talking about disaster relief, peace building and so forth ・ Annually held since 1996 Meeting of Senior Defense Officials on Common Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region ・ Dialogue among Vice-Minister level of defense officials of ASEAN countries and Japan ・ Talking about common security challenges in the Asia Pacific region Multilateral conferences hosted by JMOD Main agendas are non-traditional security issues.

6 Challenges ADMM + ARF Coordination 1.Future defense and security frameworks in the region. 3. Not only discussion but also exercises and practices.  The content of discussions should be achieved ARF-VDR PKO HA/DR 2. Cooperation to deal with non-traditional issues.  Effective Agenda for substantial discussion Disaster Relief Maritime Security Counterterrorism  Making effective structure of frameworks Clarify responsibility of each framework Consider the common interest of the Asia-Pacific Region