SINGAPORE: China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun will meet Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean throughout his introductory go to to the nation.
He may also be attending the Shangri-La Dialogue throughout his go to, which runs from Thursday (Could 30) to Sunday, the Ministry of Defence, Singapore (MINDEF) stated in a information launch.
Mr Dong was welcomed by a guard of honour at MINDEF on Thursday morning earlier than co-chairing the third Singapore-China Defence Ministers’ Dialogue with Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen.
Throughout the dialogue, Mr Dong and Dr Ng reaffirmed the “constructive momentum within the bilateral defence relationship, demonstrated via common high-level exchanges, military-to-military interactions, and rising educational exchanges between the defence institutions”.
“Each side additionally expressed assist for the conduct of the sixth version of Train Cooperation between the Armies and the third version of Train Maritime Cooperation between the Navies in China this 12 months,” MINDEF stated.
“Such workouts enable either side to strengthen skilled and people-to-people ties, in addition to improve mutual belief and understanding. Each Ministers additionally exchanged views on international and regional safety points.”
