Malaysian DPM Zahid Gives Full Commitment At AMMD

SINGAPORE, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi gives full commitment in solving Southeast Asia's drug problem. Ahmad Zahid, who is also Home Minister, arrived Wednesday from a-day long visit in Malaysia's southern state of Johor and is attending the opening ceremony of the Fifth Meeting of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters (AMMD). Singapore is hosting the two-day meeting which ends Thursday. The meeting, chaired by Singapore Minister for Home Affairs and Law, K Shanmugam, brings ASEAN leaders together to discuss and shape the region's united response to the regional drug problem. The meeting will mark the adoption of the 10-year ASEAN Work Plan on Securing Communities Against Illicit Drugs (2016-2025). The work plan lays out a comprehensive and balanced approach for the realisation of a Drug-Free ASEAN. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean officially opened the Fifth Edition of the AMMD. Before the ceremony, Ahmad Zahid made a courtesy call on Teo. -- BERNAMA