Photos: PM In Singapore
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Singapore at the invitation of his counterpart, Lawrence Wong, the Prime Minister of Singapore. In a briefing before the Prime Minister left on his bilateral tours, Randhir Jaiswal, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs held a briefing. He said, “The Prime Minister is visiting Singapore after nearly six years. In fact, his last visit to Singapore was in his first term as Prime Minister and an early visit during his third term is something that is particularly welcomed by the Singaporean side. And also this is at the time when a new leader in Singapore, His Excellency Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has just taken over, and this is an opportune time to set the stage for the next stage of our vibrant bilateral relationship”.
India-Singapore Strategic Partnership
“Our ties have evolved and we have a dynamic Strategic Partnership, encompassing diverse areas from our shared history and people to people ties, which form an important link between us. Our trade and investment flows have shown a steady growth. We have robust defence cooperation and growing exchanges in culture and education and we have identified new anchors of our partnership under the India-Singapore Ministerial Round table Framework”.
2025: 60 Years
“The visit will also take place in the light of our 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations which we are celebrating in 2025 and the 10th year of our Strategic Partnership with Singapore. During the recently concluded India-Singapore Ministerial Round table which is a very unique forum between Ministers on both sides in diverse areas, a number of new forward-looking futuristic cooperation areas were identified in Digitalisation, Sustainability, Skills, Health, Advanced Manufacturing and Connectivity and we are likely to exchange a number of MoUs in these areas during the visit of the Prime Minister”.
Trade And Investment
“From the point of trade and investment also the Prime Minister’s visit to Singapore is very significant. Singapore is India’s largest trade partner in ASEAN. And it is a leading source of foreign direct investment. Singapore is India’s sixth largest trade partner worldwide and the largest source of FDI during the last financial year. Investments have also been very large since 2000. Till now we have had cumulative FDI of about 160 billion US dollars. There will be an interaction with business leaders during Prime Minister’s visit and this will be an important element of the visit as the CEOs will be listening to India’s growth story first hand from the Prime Minister and the opportunities that it presents for them.”
