Editing Five Power Defence Arrangements (section)

{{Short description|Series of defence relationships from 1971}}
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| name                = Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA)
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| map_caption         = Member states shown in dark green
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| headquarters        = [[RMAF Butterworth Air Base]]<br />[[Sembawang Air Base]] 
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* {{flagcountry|size=22px|Malaysia}}
* {{flagcountry|size=22px|New Zealand}}
* {{flagcountry|size=22px|Singapore}}
* {{flagcountry|size=22px|United Kingdom}}
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The '''Five Power Defence Arrangements''' ('''FPDA''') are a series of bilateral defence relationships established by a series of multi-lateral agreements between [[Australia]], [[Malaysia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Singapore]], and the [[United Kingdom]], all of which are [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] members that once belonged to the [[British Empire]].

Signed in 1971, the FPDA consists of the five powers consulting each other "immediately" in the event of threat or an armed attack on any of the FPDA members for the purpose of deciding what measures should be taken, jointly or separately in response.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/the-durian-pact-does-it-again/|title=The 'Durian Pact' Does It Again|publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=1 December 2020|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/safti/pointer/documents/pdf/V42N4%20A1.pdf/|title=The Five Power Defence Arrangements: A Contemporary Assessment|publisher=[[Pointer, Journal of the Singapore Armed Forces]]|date=5 January 2017|access-date=18 October 2021|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927141736/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/safti/pointer/documents/pdf/V42N4%20A1.pdf/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is no specific commitment to intervene militarily, and the agreement is merely consultative. The Five Powers Defence Arrangements do not refer to [[Exclusive economic zone|exclusive economic zones]] (EEZ), and the enforcement of a state's EEZ rights is a matter for that state, which may request the assistance of other states in so doing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-11/2257/|title=Malaysia: Military Alliances:Written question - 2257|publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]|date=11 June 2015|access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref>