FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis (5th L) poses for a picture with ASEAN defence leaders after a meeting on the sidelines of the 16th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su
HONOLULU/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When senior defence officials from around the world, including U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, meet in Singapore this weekend, it won't be all about the U.S.-North Korea summit scheduled to be held in the same city later in June.
The annual Shangri-La Dialogue, delegates say, will be an opportunity for Mattis and other regional officials to look beyond North Korea and address other pressing issues, especially China's recent moves to further consolidate its extensive territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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