DHAKA: The United States will move the majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific in coming years and keep six aircraft carriers in the region, US defence secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday, giving the first details of a new US military strategy.
Speaking at an annual security forum in Singapore, Panetta sought to dispel the notion that the shift in US focus to Asia was designed to contain China’s emergence as a global power.
He acknowledged differences between the world’s two largest economies on a range of issues, including the South China Sea, report agencies.
‘We’re not naive about the relationship and neither is China’, Panetta told the Shangri-La Dialogue attended by senior civilian and military leaders from about 30 Asia-Pacific nations.
BDST: 1353 HRS, JUN 2, 2012
Edited by Robab Rosan, Cultural Affairs Editor
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