He reiterated the need for the US and China to have open channels of communication. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The foremost priority for countries in the coming decade is to prevent physical conflict from breaking out in Asia, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Sunday.
On Saturday, a Chinese warship came within 50m of an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, while just days earlier, a Chinese fighter jet flew directly in front of a US surveillance plane over the South China Sea. “Seasoned diplomats compare unfavourably the lines of communication between the US and Soviet Union in the Cold War with what exists today between the US and China, now at its ebb.”
These engagements have ceased, and that can only be detrimental to the region’s security, he said. The last strategic dialogue took place in 2016, while the two defence ministers last visited each other’s countries in 2018.
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