Coast guard leaders and personnel from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations participate in the June 2023 ASEAN Coast Guard Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia. IMAGE CREDIT: Indonesian Maritime Security Agency

Indo-Pacific Defense Forum reports on the second annual ASEAN Coast Guard Forum.

“Representatives of the coast guards of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand attended the meeting…The inaugural ACF was held in Bali, Indonesia, in November 2022. The next ACF will be held in the Philippines in 2024, with Thailand serving as host in 2025.”

Good to see growing regional international cooperation between coast guard agencies. Similar organizations include the North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum initiated by the Japan Coast Guard in 2000 and the Arctic Coast Guard Forum established in 2015.