Russia's Ivanov to attend Singapore Shangri-La dialogues

SINGAPORE, June 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei
Ivanov will join delegates from 27 countries in Singapore from Friday to
discuss defense and security in the Asia Pacific region.
The 10th IISS Asia Security Summit will be held at the Shangri-La
Hotel.
The conference will also consider Afghanistan and drug trafficking
problem in the Golden Triangle (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos), the
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and regional conflicts.
Ivanov will meet Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie and Japanese
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on the sidelines of the conference.