In Asia, Defense Ministers Issue New Warnings to China
“Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Japan’s prime minister said at this year’s feistier-than-usual Shangri-La Dialogue.
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“Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Japan’s prime minister said at this year’s feistier-than-usual Shangri-La Dialogue.
The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), the key security meeting in the Asia Pacific, gets under way in Singapore later on Friday with discussions expected to
Focus on keynote speeches by Japan, US and China, with special address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The defence meeting, which began in 2002, is up and running again, in person, for the 19th time after a two-year pandemic-related pause; China’s Defence Minister is among those expected to give a talk to participants this year.
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh is set to address this weekend’s Asia Security Summit, where he is expected to discuss “military modernisation and new defense capabilities” with a focus on perspectives and challenges that could be caused by rapid military development in the region.