US EditionMacron will kick off Singapore security conference with Hegseth in attendance
- On 30 May 2025, French leader Emmanuel Macron and the United States’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived in Singapore to participate in the Shangri-La Dialogue, a major security conference.
- The forum was convened amid growing tensions from China's military actions near Taiwan, ongoing conflicts in Asia, and Russia's war in Ukraine impacting regional stability.
- Macron will open the forum with a keynote address expected to address China's assertiveness, the effects of tariffs on Asian allies, and the war in Ukraine's global consequences.
- Hegseth emphasized that Washington's goal is to prevent a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and affirmed that the U.S. does not intend to engage in conflict with any party, including the Chinese Communist Party.
- Their attendance underscores continued Western commitment to Indo-Pacific security amid uncertainties over U.S. Taiwan defense and rising regional confrontations, such as India-Pakistan clashes.
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The French president will fire his Asian tour giving the inaugural speech of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the great military forum of Asia-Pacific that starts at night in the city-state Read
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North Korea TimesMacron to give key-note speech at major defence summit in Singapore
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Singapore for the final leg of a three-nation, six-day tour of Southeast Asia that took in Vietnam and Indonesia. He will give a key-note speech at the Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's premier defence and security forum on Friday evening.
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