The two defense leaders haven’t held a direct meeting, but Ng said he thought their presence at the forum could go some way to helping resume physical talks at some point. Austin, Li listen to one another speak over lunch (3:30p.m.)Īustin and Chinese counterpart Li listened to one another speak during a ministerial lunch, Singapore’s Minister for Defense Ng Eng Hen told reporters. Prabowo said his plan would involve freezing Russian and Ukrainian forces in place and creating a demilitarized zone between them. “We need to win this war, after that we will negotiate with the Kremlin regime or new leader.” “It sounds like a Russian plan, not an Indonesian plan,” Reznikov said, referring to the proposal put forward by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said the country doesn’t need the “strange” peace plan offered by his Indonesian counterpart during an earlier panel discussion. Ukraine Minister Brushes Off Indonesian Peace Plan (5:03 p.m.) The US has repeatedly said it’s not looking to create a version of NATO in Asia, even as it strengthens alliances to deter China from taking Taiwan and other disputed territory by force. “We don’t need an Asian NATO.”Ĭhina has long sympathized with Russia’s reasons for invading Ukraine, particularly to push back against NATO, while opposing the war itself. “We should also learn something very important something from your lack of success” in managing the security situation, he said. “The best thing you can do for us is to do nothing,” Cui said, addressing Europe and America. Former China envoy criticizes US and Europe (5:20 p.m.)įormer envoy to the US Cui Tiankai criticized Europe’s mismanagement of its own security situation, urging it instead to learn from Asia. “Could you say to your younger brother to stop killing Ukrainians,” Reznikov said in his concluding remarks. Reznikov said he believed there was a new understanding between Russia and China after President Xi Jinping visited Moscow earlier this year, with Beijing becoming the “older brother” in the relationship between the two nations. Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov ended one of the final panels on Saturday with a pointed remark about China’s influence over Russia that was aimed at former Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai, who was seated next to him. Reznikov’s pointed remark on Russia’s war (6:36 p.m.)

The action showed the potential for miscalculation between the two sides as relations remain strained over Taiwan, US curbs on advanced chips and Beijing’s diplomatic support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a speech Saturday kicking off the second day of the Shangri-La Dialogue, which brings together more than 600 military leaders, policy makers and analysts from 40 nations, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warned China that a conflict over Taiwan would be “devastating” and chided Beijing for failing to engage in substantive dialogue.Īt a dinner Friday night, Austin shook hands with his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, who had declined a formal meeting unless the US removed sanctions placed on him.Īustin spoke as the US Navy conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait, a move that China regularly finds provocative.

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