by Ma Yujie
SINGAPORE, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The 15th Shangri-La Dialogue, an Asia-Pacific defense and security summit, will kick off in Singapore over the weekend.
Since its establishment in 2002, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue has become a key forum, which brings together defense ministers, military chiefs, high-ranking defense officials and experts, for the discussion and analysis of defense and security concerns in the immediate region and beyond.
The unique role of the Shangri-La Dialogue lies in its distinctive composition.
The dialogue is organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank, which is a civil institution. And although it's incubated up by a British organization, a country outside this region, it is held here in Singapore.
Koh Chin Yee, CEO of Singapore Longus Research Institute, told Xinhua that this special situation makes the Shangri-La Dialogue a unique platform.
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