Singapore ¨C Amid growing concerns over the possibility of a U.S.-China war in Asia, almost 30 defense ministers and representatives gathered at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore agreed that a crisis akin to Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine must not happen in the Indo-Pacific region.
¡°As many ministers have said, if you have a simultaneous war in Europe and Asia, it will be catastrophic globally,¡± Singapore defense chief Ng Eng Hen told reporters Saturday following a ministerial roundtable at Asia¡¯s largest security summit.
¡°There was a real sincerity and urgency that what happened in Ukraine must not happen in Asia,¡± he added.
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