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US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin (pic) will take part in the annual Shangri-La Dialogue from June 4 to 5 and speak on the US’ Indo-Pacific strategy, the Pentagon announced.
The summit’s London-based organiser, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), added that this will mark Austin’s first trip to South-East Asia, and that on top of delivering an on-the-record speech, he will also be conducting bilateral and multilateral meetings on the sidelines.
Cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic, the Shangri-La Dialogue resumes this year as an in-person gathering of high-level defence policymakers from around the world, with an event centred on the Singapore hotel it is named after.
U.S. Department of Defense
Kirby provided the following statement:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J.
Austin III is looking forward to attending the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 4-5.
This will be the Secretary’s first trip to Southeast Asia.
The IISS Shangri-La Dialogue brings together defense ministers, chiefs of defense, and other high-ranking government officials from approximately 30 countries to discuss security challenges facing the Indo-Pacific.
The Secretary will deliver on-the-record remarks on “Advancing the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy,” and hold bilateral and multilateral engagements with regional counterparts on the margins of the event.
Asia PacificU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to attend Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin looks on during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, following a meeting after U.S. announced the withdrawal of all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, at NATO s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit due to be held in Singapore next month, organisers said, after the annual meeting was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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