SINGAPORE: Improving relations between the United States and China is an issue that is"too complex" to be resolved in one meeting like the Shangri-La Dialogue , Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told reporters on Sunday .
"Has their meeting and has their engagements improved the US-China relations? I think that would be a stretch. One meeting wouldn't change it," he said. "This is a conversation, this is a journey. This is the reality, and that would be how I would characterise it is there's no summative experience or no summative conclusion," Dr Ng said.
"So, I suppose COVID slowed them down. But their prime minister has spoken. The COC is necessary. It is the document that may give clarity, transparency to form a code of conduct as well as rulebook so that everybody understands, in a sense, how it is supposed to operate. Countries like Canada and France have also expressed interest in joining ADMM-Plus, and Dr Ng said in his wrap-up interview that the ministers in the group have agreed in principle to their requests.
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