Annual security forum "Shangri-La Dialogue" to focus on issues related to N. Korea-U.S. Summit
- 6 years ago
17차 아시아 안보회의 개막, 북미회담이 핵심의제
The 17th Asia Security Summit,... begins today in Singapore.
Top of the agenda is expected to be the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit and Pyongyang's denuclearization.
Park Ji-won outlines what we can expect from the annual Shangri-La dialogue.
Some six hundred participants are attending the 17th Asia Security Summit in Singapore... a forum involving defense ministers, key officials and security experts from around 50 countries.
The three-day forum is also known as 'Shangri-La Dialgogue,'... named after the Shangri-La Hotel where the multinational forum has been held on an annual basis.
The venue is also considered a strong candidiate to hold the North Korea-U.S. summit later this month,... along with a few other places like the Capella Singapore,... located on Sentosa Island.
Amid tight security around the hotel,... a range of bilateral and trilateral talks are being held among key officials from each country... on the sidelines of the forum's six plenary sessions.
Friday afternoon, South Korea's defense minister Song Young-moo held bilateral talks with U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer,... and with the Deputy President of China's Academy of Military Science, Lei He ,... deepening military cooperation with those countries.
One of the top agendas at this year's forum... is de-escalating the North Korea crisis,... which will be taken up on Saturday in bilateral talks between the South Korean defense minister Song and his U.S. counterpart James Mattis,... and in trilateral talks between the defense chiefs of South Korea, U.S. and Japan.
"The South Korean defense minister will brief the forum’s participants,... on recent developments in inter-Korean relations,... in a speech on Saturday,... and he will call for international cooperation for North Korea's successful denuclearization.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News, Singapore."
The 17th Asia Security Summit,... begins today in Singapore.
Top of the agenda is expected to be the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit and Pyongyang's denuclearization.
Park Ji-won outlines what we can expect from the annual Shangri-La dialogue.
Some six hundred participants are attending the 17th Asia Security Summit in Singapore... a forum involving defense ministers, key officials and security experts from around 50 countries.
The three-day forum is also known as 'Shangri-La Dialgogue,'... named after the Shangri-La Hotel where the multinational forum has been held on an annual basis.
The venue is also considered a strong candidiate to hold the North Korea-U.S. summit later this month,... along with a few other places like the Capella Singapore,... located on Sentosa Island.
Amid tight security around the hotel,... a range of bilateral and trilateral talks are being held among key officials from each country... on the sidelines of the forum's six plenary sessions.
Friday afternoon, South Korea's defense minister Song Young-moo held bilateral talks with U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer,... and with the Deputy President of China's Academy of Military Science, Lei He ,... deepening military cooperation with those countries.
One of the top agendas at this year's forum... is de-escalating the North Korea crisis,... which will be taken up on Saturday in bilateral talks between the South Korean defense minister Song and his U.S. counterpart James Mattis,... and in trilateral talks between the defense chiefs of South Korea, U.S. and Japan.
"The South Korean defense minister will brief the forum’s participants,... on recent developments in inter-Korean relations,... in a speech on Saturday,... and he will call for international cooperation for North Korea's successful denuclearization.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News, Singapore."