The 14th Asia- Pacific Security Summit, also known as the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, will be held in Singapore from 29-31 May, 2015.
The summit will be attended by military delegations, including defence ministers and military chiefs, from 28 Asia-Pacific countries. The Indian delegation will be led by Rao Inderjit Singh, the Minister of State for Defence.
Over the two days some of the sessions that will cover a wide range of issues such as: non-conventional terror and maritime security threats, energy security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, security issues concerning smaller Asia-Pacific states, and the need to control arms race in Asia.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will give the keynote address on May 29.
About the Shangri-La Dialogue: The annual Summit brings together high-level leaders such as defence ministers, military chiefs, security experts and private sector representatives- from the Asia-Pacific to discuss and analyse key security and defence concerns in the region and beyond. Usually confidential in nature, the Summit has publicized security and defence cooperation in the past.