May 30, 2024 (Singapore) – Secretary of National Defense (SND) Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. joined the delegation of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., who will deliver the keynote address in this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Singapore.
Secretary Teodoro, together with the delegation from the Department of National Defense (DND), is set to attend high-level plenary sessions of the SLD, which focuses on key defense and diplomacy issues in the region, as well as meet with defense ministers from participating countries. Other DND officials are also slated to engage their counterparts to expound on key defense programs and projects.
The SLD is an annual summit organized by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore. It serves as a venue for defense and military leaders, diplomats, and security experts and practitioners from around the world to gather and engage in discourse on the most pressing regional security issues.
The DND regularly sends a delegation to the SLD, to share the Philippines’ perspective on select topics and maximize the opportunity to interact with other attending officials from partner countries and international organizations.
