International Actions
The Five Power Defence Arrangement between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, is a regional security initiative which has been in place for almost 40 years. It involves joint military exercises held between the 5 countries.
Joint exercises and war games have been held with Indonesia for years. Malaysia and the Philippines have agreed to host joint exercises between their security forces, in order to secure their maritime border and tackle issues such as illegal immigration.
There are fears that unrest in the Muslim areas of the southern Philippines and southern Thailand could spill over into Malaysia.
Read more about this topic: Malaysian Armed Forces
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