Minister Sajjan, Chief of the Defence Staff to attend Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore 

Media Advisory

June 1, 2017 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces  

Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan and General Jonathan Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff, will travel to Singapore to participate in the annual International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia-Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. Minister Sajjan will attend the summit June 2-3 where he will meet with several of his Asia-Pacific defence counterparts, and will also speak on a panel titled “New Challenges for Crisis Management in the Asia-Pacific.”  General Vance will attend the summit June 2-4.

The Shangri-La Dialogue is the premier security event in Asia Pacific, bringing together Ministers, delegates and defence experts from over 50 countries.

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