Hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS),the annual dialogue will take place from May 30 to June 1.
The agenda of the five plenary sessions that form the dialogue willfocus on the contribution of the US to regional stability, theprocess of advancing military-to-military cooperation and the handlingof tensions and conflict management in the Asia-Pacific.
The Shangri-La Dialogue this year will see the participation of many prime ministers, defence chiefs and researchers.
The dialogue will begin on the evening of May 30 with the keynotespeech this year being delivered by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.-VNA