Sentence examples for gathering of defence from inspiring English sources
His comments came as an annual gathering of defence and security officials kicked off in Singapore.
Disagreement between the United States and China over how to address rival claims in the South China Sea marred a gathering of regional defence ministers earlier this month, with a joint statement scrapped after officials failed to agree on its wording.
At an annual gathering of regional defence ministers in Singapore earlier this year, a speech by the deputy Chinese chief of staff, Ma Xiaotian, was sprinkled with critical allusions to American "cold-war" behaviour in Asia.China has reason to feel uncomfortable about the imbalance between its own military power and America's.
The Ausmin talks – a regular gathering of foreign and defence ministers from Australia and the US – also resolved to take a joint proposal to the United Nations to combat the domestic security threats posed by returning jihadists from the sectarian conflicts in the Middle East.
Having entered the fray as replacement, Halfpenny seized a chance to break out of defence after gathering a high kick.
France's defence minister will formally put the plan to a gathering of European defence ministers next month.In the world of defence contractors, €200m barely buys you a Pentagon spanner.
The defenders of defence have strong arguments.
The secretary of defence, Donald Rumsfeld, should resign.
The number of defence witnesses was curtailed.
Retention is the first line of defence.
