Singapore’s Defence Minister Dr. Ng Eng Hen will conduct talks with the Chinese Minister of National Defence General Chang Wanquan together with other ASEAN defence ministers between 4-8 February during the week of the Singapore Airshow.
Defence ministers and officials from all ten member states of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be in Singapore from Monday 5 February to attend an ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat that be staged during the week of the Singapore Airshow, according to a statement released by Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF).
This year Singapore has the chairmanship of ASEAN, the ADMM and the ADMM-Plus. In October, Singapore will host the formal ADMM and the ADMM-Plus meetings, the latter of which will comprises 18 countries including Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.