US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be in Singapore over the weekend for the annual Asia-Pacific Defence Consultation, dubbed "The Shangri-La Dialogue."
The informal dialogue from Friday till Sunday brings together the defence ministers, chiefs of defence and permanent heads of defence ministries of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF).
It will be opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at 8pm on Friday
By Jackson Sawatan
SINGAPORE, June 1 (Bernama) -- US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be in Singapore over the weekend for the annual Asia-Pacific Defence Consultation, dubbed "The Shangri-La Dialogue."
The informal dialogue from Friday till Sunday brings together the defence ministers, chiefs of defence and permanent heads of defence ministries of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF).
It will be opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at 8pm on Friday.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which is the organiser for the dialogue, confirmed Rumsfeld's attendance.
"The programme includes addresses by US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, Indian Minister of Defence Pranab Mukherjee, Japanese Minister of State for Defence Fukushiro Nukaga and Indonesian Minister of Defence Prof Juwono Sudarsono," IISS said in a statement Thurday.
Rumsfeld was also here last year for the 4th Shangri-La Dialogue.
Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will also be attending the dialogue and will address the plenary session on Sunday.
-- BERNAMA
