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May 2009

  • 31 May 2009 - - The Hindu - India, China discuss anti-piracy cooperation Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageSpelling out the commitment, Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee Sureesh Mehta told an Asian Security Summit here that we see the Indian Navy as a significant stabilising force in the Indian Ocean region. The eighth annual summit is being held here under the auspices of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • 31 May 2009 - - Washington Times - Gates issues tough warning to N. Korea Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageIn a closely watched speech before Asian defense ministers, military chiefs and diplomats five days after North Korea tested a nuclear device for the second time, Mr. Gates issued a tough warning to the reclusive state. "The choice to continue as a destitute, international pariah, or chart a new course, is North Korea's alone to make," Mr. Gates said. "The world is waiting."
  • 31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - Asia back on priority list Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageThe coming visits will 'reflect a very strong commitment...it's a real recognition that a critical part of our future is bound up in this region. We are here', said Mr Steinberg. He had accompanied US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates to the Shangri-La Dialogue - the first time two senior US officials had attended the meeting simultaneously.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - US pledges to defend allies Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 Homepage'We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in Asia - or on us,' US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said yesterday. Speaking to a group of defence ministers, military officers and academics at the Shangri-La Dialogue yesterday, Mr Gates said the US would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Sunday Times - North Korea planning to launch long range rocket Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageAn even stronger protest from the UN is expected this week in response to North Koreas underground test of a nuclear weapon last Monday, followed by a spate of short-range missile tests. On Saturday the US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, told an audience in Singapore that the US will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state, although he gave no concrete details of how the Obama administration intended to prevent this.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - Beyond counting weapons Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageBEING transparent about military armaments will help avoid misunderstandings and increase trust and confidence for the Asia-Pacific, suggested Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday.
  • 31 May 2009 - Associated Press - Junta Defends Trial of Opposition Leader Suu Kyi Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageThe comments marked the first time a top official from the reclusive regime has publicly defended its actions, which have drawn widespread international condemnation, including from its closest neighbors in Southeast Asia. If offenders are not (prosecuted), anarchy will prevail, and there will be breach of peace and security," Burmese Deputy Defense Minister Maj-Gen Aye Myint told a security conference.
  • 31 May 2009 - - New York Times - Gates Looks to Tougher Approach on North Korea Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageMr. Gates, who warned North Korea in a speech here early Saturday that the United States would not tolerate it becoming a nuclear-armed nation, met throughout the day at the conference, called the Shangri-La Dialogue, with defense officials from China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian nations to begin pulling together a consensus on how to proceed. James B. Steinberg, the deputy secretary of State, attended a number of meetings, as did Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence.
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