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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-07-28

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Meets Dong Jun

文莱苏丹哈桑纳尔会见董军

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-07-28
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16476391.html
Collected at2026-07-28 15:11:35 — collection metadata, not a publication time
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7月28日,文莱苏丹哈桑纳尔在斯里巴加湾会见到访的中国国防部长董军。 哈桑纳尔说,文中两国关系深厚,双方正共同致力于构建命运共同体。文方坚定奉行一个中国政策,赞赏中方支持东盟中心地位,衷心感谢中方支持文推动实现“2035宏愿”,希望两国在共同关心的地区问题上加强合作。防务合作是两国战略合作伙伴关系的重要支柱。近年来,两军在机制性对话、人员往来和教育培训等领域合作卓有成效。文方乐见两军深化交流合作,欢迎更多中国海军舰艇来访。 董军说,今年是中文建交35周年,在两国元首战略引领下,双方政治互信、经济互利、人文互通、多边互助深入发展,树立了大小国家平等相待、互利共赢的典范。当前中文两军合作发展面临重要机遇,应乘势而上,全方位提升各领域合作水平,以更多务实成果,为构建中文命运共同体、开辟两国关系新前景作出更大贡献。南海和平关乎地区国家共同利益,中方愿同文方加强海上安全等务实合作,共同维护南海和平稳定。

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Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun met Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in Bandar Seri Begawan on July 28, with both sides affirming defense cooperation as a pillar of the bilateral strategic partnership and Brunei explicitly welcoming additional PLA Navy port visits. Dong framed the South China Sea as a shared regional concern and offered expanded maritime security cooperation — framing that positions Beijing as a stabilizing partner rather than a source of friction in waters where Brunei holds overlapping claims. The meeting documents a pattern of Dong using bilateral defense diplomacy to cultivate ASEAN states on South China Sea narratives, though what specific naval access arrangements, if any, Brunei's port-visit invitation is meant to advance remains unstated.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "文莱苏丹哈桑纳尔会见董军." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-07-28. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16476391.html.

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