Not Exposed, Subordinates Share Interesting Moments When Prabowo And US Defense Minister In Singapore

JAKARTA - An interesting moment occurred when the Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto met with the Minister of Defense of the United States (US) Lloyd James Austin III. The two of them demonstrated the same gesture after greeting each other at a hotel in Singapore, Friday, June 10.

It was the spokesman for the Defense Minister Prabowo, Dahnil A Simanjuntak, who shared the moment via his Twitter account, @Dahnilanzar. Prabowo and Lloyd looked both tilted to the right wearing masks.

"Use a mask again aaaaah...still a pandemic @prabowo @SecDef," wrote Dahnil.

Prabowo and Lloyd returned to wearing masks after chatting casually on the sidelines of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue 2022 event in Singapore.

On that occasion, Lloyd said he wanted to hear Prabowo make a speech like when giving his opening speech at the Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue 2021 forum in Bahrain in November 2021.

At IISS 221, Prabowo spoke about power balanced with virtue is the key to world peace, and world leaders need to reflect the values of virtue and respect for one another.

Meanwhile, at the IISS 2022 forum, Prabowo did not make a speech. However, the opportunity to talk about a new perspective on security in Asia with other senior world officials.

In addition to meeting Defense Minister Lloyd, Prabowo met Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen at the Singapore Ministry of Defence. The meeting began with the two ministers reviewing the Guard of Honor.

Meanwhile, on the same day on a different occasion, Prabowo had a casual conversation with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. The two ministers exchanged views on global issues while enjoying breakfast and a cup of coffee.