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Vietnam to actively contribute to 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue

Tim Huxley, Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)–Asia in Singapore, has urged Vietnam to send a high-ranking military delegation to the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue and deliver a speech at the event slated for June in Singapore.
Vietnam to actively contribute to 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue ảnh 1Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh (Right) and Tim Huxley, Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)–Asia. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Tim Huxley, Executive Director of the International Institute forStrategic Studies (IISS)–Asia in Singapore, has urged Vietnam to send ahigh-ranking military delegation to the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue anddeliver a speech at the event slated for June in Singapore.

At a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen.Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh in Hanoi on May 9, Tim Huxley informed his host about major programmes andtopics of the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue.

He used the occasion to applaudVietnam’s role and support for the Dialogue through years.

For his part, Vinh affirmed that Vietnam always supports andwill constructively contribute to the upcoming 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue.

Vietnam highly values the roleplayed by the Shangri-La Dialogue as well as topics to be discussed at the 2018event, he said.-VNA
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