Shangri-La Dialogue 2008

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Press Coverage 2008

31 May 2008 - - Agence France Presse - No U.S. Plans to Sell Aging Carrier to India U.S. has no plans to sell an aging aircraft carrier to India, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said May 31. After addressing a high-level regional security forum, Gates was asked about rumors that the Kitty Hawk would be sold to India.
31 May 2008 - - Yonhap News - Seoul, Tokyo agree to boost three-way military ties with U.S. South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee and his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishida also agreed to hold joint search and rescue exercises with the U.S. annually following the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), the largest international maritime exercise hosted by the U.S. Navy and Britain's Royal Navy, they said. Lee and Ishida were in Singapore for an annual meeting of the Asia Security Summit, a regional defense forum also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. ...
31 May 2008 - - Associated Press - Burma Aid Obstruction Cost Tens of Thousands of Lives, US Defense Chief Says With US, British and French Navy ships off the coast of Burma poised to leave because they have been blocked from delivering assistance to the ravaged country, Gates said the US will not forcibly bring in supplies without permission of the government and will continue to “respect the sovereignty” of Burma. The growing displeasure with the Burmese government has permeated this week’s conference on international security, coming up in nearly all conversations between leaders from around the...
31 May 2008 - - Bloomberg - Japan Urges China to Make Defense Spending More Transparent “Japan is transparent in its budget spending, and it wants China to be transparent,'' Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba said during a question-and-answer session after speaking at an Asian Security Conference in Singapore today. “China's rise in military spending may not be only for self defense.'' Ishiba, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and People's Liberation Army Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian are among officials conferring in formal and informal sessions at the annual...
31 May 2008 - - Associated Press- Japan urges China to be more open about military expenditures and intentions Japan does not regard China as a security threat but wants it to be more open about its military capabilities and motives to allay fears among its neighbors, the Japanese defense minister said Saturday. Shigeru Ishiba told an international audience of defense officials and analysts that China must be willing to give details of its military arsenal, including ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
31 May 2008 - - CCTV - Singapore: Quake shows a more confident China The 7th Asia Security Summit - the Shangri-La Dialogue - has begun in Singapore. At the opening Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Sichuan earthquake shows the world a more open and self-confident China, as the Chinese government responded with a relief effort unprecedented in speed and scale.

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Agenda

2008 Agenda

Plenary Sessions and Speeches

2008 Speeches

Dialogue Report 2008

The IISS has a compiled a report on the summit held in 2008 containing details of the plenary sessions and a flavour of the discussions in the breakout groups.

The Shangri-La Dialogue Report 2008 is available online.