On 9 January the Singaporean Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen made the following statement in the Parliament of Singapore.
“The Red Sea, which connects the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is the shortest sea route linking Asia and Europe. It is a major Sea Line of Communication (SLOC) with approximately 12% of global trade by volume and 30% of global container traffic.
