Shangri-La Dialogue canceled as COVID cases rise in Singapore

Asia security summit scrapped just days after 'Davos' meeting called off

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The Shangri-La hotel in Singapore had been set to hold a regional security summit early next month. © Reuters

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Days after the World Economic Forum canceled August's special annual meeting in Singapore, the city-state lost another major international event: the annual Asia Security Summit, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.

The organizer, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said it scrapped the event scheduled for early June due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region and the city-state.

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