Singapore ¨C With U.S.-China relations at a tipping point, Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen has called on government leaders and military commanders in the Indo-Pacific region to deepen mutual understanding and foster consensus amid growing concerns about the global consequences of a war between the two superpowers.
¡°The stakes have never been higher,¡± Ng said Wednesday during the opening ceremony of the three-day IMDEX Asia 2023 naval and maritime exhibition in Singapore.
¡°In my mind, the top priority for all government leaders, at least in the next decade, if not longer, is to avoid a physical conflict in Asia. ... Should that calamity ever befall us, whatever the cause and post-hoc justifications, the world, as we know it, will be radically changed and indeed impoverished,¡± he said.
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