Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh said the 10 ASEAN defence ministers had adopted a joint declaration on defence cooperation which would strengthen their solidarity towards harmonious security. Cambodia and Japan have also agreed to deepen cooperation in the military sector.

THE government has refused to comment on the almost Bt21 million for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and his team to travel to Hawaii for the Asean-US Defence Ministers’ meeting on the weekend - a cost that includes the hiring of a charter flight.