according to a statement from the Pentagon.

a research fellow of the Military Studies Program at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore.According to a Shangri-La official.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a regular press briefing that in Singapore.Given that North Korea is highly sensitive to protocol.the five-star hotel had been considered one of the most likely venues together with the Shangri-La Hotel.

whose surrounding area was also designated as a special event zone Sunday.An undated handout photo of Capella hotel on Sentosa island.

White House deputy chief of staff for operations.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a Twitter post.He didnt comment on the reason behind it.

But it has faced an increasingly vocal criticism from Russian hardliners who have denounced the president as weak and indecisive and called for ramping up strikes on Ukraine.saying that its aimed to demilitarize and denazify the country.

Putin also so far has failed to deliver the televised state-of-the-nation address to parliament.Amid a string of military setbacks in Ukraine.