Acting PM Lawrence Wong hosted Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu; US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin called on Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Defence chiefs from the United States and China called on Singapore’s leaders on Friday morning, ahead of the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue here this weekend.
This is General Li’s first visit to Singapore since his appointment in March. He had met Dr Ng on June 1 for the second Singapore-China Defence Ministers’ Dialogue, after which the two leaders witnessed the signing of anAt their meeting, Mr Wong and Gen Li reaffirmed the longstanding bilateral defence relationship between Singapore and China, and welcomed the progress in bilateral defence cooperation under the 2019 enhanced Agreement on Defence Exchanges and Security Cooperation .
During his meeting with Mr Austin on Friday, Dr Ng expressed appreciation for the US’ longstanding support for the Singapore Armed Forces’ training in the US, which includes the basing of Republic of Singapore Air Force training detachments. Dr Ng and Mr Austin looked forward to deepening bilateral cooperation, particularly through the RSAF’s acquisition and operationalisation of F-35B fighter aircraft, said Mindef.
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