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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