WATCH: China defense minister meets with his Singaporean counterpart ahead of Asian security summit

Chinese Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu met with his Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen in Singapore on Thursday (June 1) for talks, ahead of the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit. Li and Ng attended a welcome ceremony before sitting down to a bilateral meeting where both ministers pledged to strengthen defense cooperation. The two then oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding on a secure defense telephone link between the two countries’ militaries. Li will be in attendance at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit, which will be held from June 2-4. Li has declined to meet his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin, who is also attending the forum. Li has been under U.S. sanctions since 2018 over the purchase of combat aircraft and equipment from Russia’s main arms exporter, Rosoboronexport. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!