Defense Minister participates in Shangri-La Dialogue

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anudari@montsame.gov.mn
2019-06-03 14:56:45

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Defense N.Enkhbold participated in the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue held in Singapore from May 31 to June 2.

The 18th Asia Security Summit brought together Defense Ministers and high-ranking officials of Defense Ministries and Armed Forces from 27 countries including Australia, China, Russia, Indonesia, UK, Cambodia, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, France, Philippines, New Zealand, and Japan, as well as scholars of international and national institutes for security studies. The participants shared their views on the issues of regional and global security, economy, investment, infrastructure development, cyber security, and terrorism.

Defense Minister N.Enkhbold took part in a session themed ‘Security Implications of Regional Infrastructural Development’, delivering remarks on the regional infrastructure development and its contribution to security of the regional countries, including Mongolia.

During the event, the Defense Minister met with his Singaporean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Australian, and Canadian counterparts, Russian Deputy Defense Minister, and Acting United States Secretary of Defense to discuss regional security and bilateral defense relations and cooperation. He met also with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.

The Minister’s participation in the dialogue gave the opportunity to introduce Mongolia’s policy and position on the regional security and get new information about regional security, strategies and future trends.