Singapore's Minister of Defense, Ng Eng Hen speaks at a plenary session during the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's annual defence and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 12, 2022. - AP
SINGAPORE, June 12 (The Stritas Times/ANN): Asean states will take comfort from the fact that defence leaders of the United States and China met at the Shangri-La Dialogue, with both separately saying they are not compelling the region to take sides.
Both countries have said there is no need to choose, and that they do not want Asean states to choose, said Singapore's Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen.
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