Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in Singapore for a working visit to attend the 10th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue.

The prime minister is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the opening of the forum.

Accompanied by his wife Rosmah Mansor, his plane touched down at Changi International Airport at about 3.30pm where he was met by Malaysia's ambassador to Singapore Hussin Md Nayan.

Najib will hold bilateral meetings with Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and United States Defence Secretary of State Robert Gates this afternoon.  

Also known as the Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, is an annual forum organised by the IISS since 2002.

    

The Dialogue brings together representatives of its 28 member countries from the Asia-Pacific region and Europe.

It provides the opportunity for sharing of information and exchanging of views pertaining to confidence-building and practical security cooperation in response to the contemporary and emerging security challenges.

- Bernama