Just three days after saying it was “on track”, the organiser of the Shangri-La Dialogue, slated for early June, said on Thursday (May 20) that it was cancelled owing to the worsening Covid-19 situation globally as well as in Singapore. It was not held last year either.
The annual defence and security event, which is organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), was to take place as a physical event on June 4 and 5 and would have involved international delegates who had confirmed their attendance.
This included “a wide range of defence ministers, senior officials, corporate leaders and influential strategists”, IISS said.
“Unfortunately, the global Covid-19 situation has recently deteriorated, in part because of the rise of infectious new Covid variants.
“In Singapore there has been a rise in local cases, the introduction of new restrictions, and the prospect of further tightening cannot be ruled out, all of which creates uncertainty. Taken together these various factors mean that holding an in-person Shangri-La Dialogue this year has become unviable,” the organiser said.
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The annual defence and security event, which is organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), was to take place as a physical event on June 4 and 5 and would have involved international delegates who had confirmed their attendance.
This included “a wide range of defence ministers, senior officials, corporate leaders and influential strategists”, IISS said.
“Unfortunately, the global Covid-19 situation has recently deteriorated, in part because of the rise of infectious new Covid variants.
“In Singapore there has been a rise in local cases, the introduction of new restrictions, and the prospect of further tightening cannot be ruled out, all of which creates uncertainty. Taken together these various factors mean that holding an in-person Shangri-La Dialogue this year has become unviable,” the organiser said.
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