Mr Jonson will be attending the conference for the third consecutive year and will participate in a panel discussion entitled ‘Enhancing security cooperation for a stable Asia-Pacific’. In conjunction with the conference, he will also hold bilateral meetings with representatives of countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The Government aims to foster its defence cooperation with partner countries in the region.

Organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the annual Shangri-La Dialogue gathers politicians, policy experts and business sector representatives from around the world to discuss security issues.