Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Wednesday that rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz could serve as a “dry run” for a potential conflict between the United States and China in the Pacific, highlighting the growing strategic importance of global maritime chokepoints.
“What you’re witnessing now in the Strait of Hormuz is just a dry run … The biggest variable is not just what happens in the Middle East, but what happens in the Pacific,” Balakrishnan said at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE event in Singapore.
Singapore To ‘Refuse To Choose‘
When asked if the city-state was under pressure from the U.S. and China to choose between them, Balakrishnan reiterated that Singapore will not align exclusively with either Washington or Beijing despite deep …
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