Defence officials from Southeast Asian nations and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (the fifth from the left) to to Shangri-La dialogue (Source: AFP/VNA) The event, which saw the participation of over 500 participants from more than40 countries, including defence ministers and senior officials from the US, Japan,Australia, and New Zealand, stressed the need to maintain peace and security inSoutheast Asia on the basis of respecting international commitments and law.
Issues related to the East Sea, maritime security, nuclear security in the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK),terrorism prevention and cyber attack were straightly tabled at the dialogue.
Participants focused their discussion on synchronous measures to address regionalsecurity challenges in line with international law, while agreeing to joinhands to deal with traditional and non-traditional security challenges.
The dialogue also highlighted the undeniable role played by big countries inensuring regional security.
According to ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, traditional andnon-traditional security challenges are threatening regional growth andprosperity, and continue to cause remarkable risks, regardless of efforts tomaintain peace, safety and stability in the region.
He said ASEAN has enhanced regional links through cooperation mechanisms relatingto security, which focus on addressing existing and emerging security challenges,from terrorism and violent extremism, to cyber attack, human trafficking,pirate and armed robbery at sea.
Regional countries should improve their adaptability and change their modelsand viewpoint to deal with the challenges, he noted.
Organised by the InternationalInstitute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the annual Asia security summit, knownas Shangri-La Dialogue, took place from June 2 to 4.
The dialogue was divided into five sessions,focusing on the US and Asia-Pacific security, maintenance of rules-basedregional order, new challenges for crisis management in Asia-Pacific, buildinga common ground on regional security, threats to the global and regionalsecurity.-VNA
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