The Indian-origin foreign minister spoke at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs Year Opener “Outlook 2025 – Singapore at 60 and The Road Ahead”. He looked back at the 60 years that have marked the astonishing success story of Singapore; he also looked ahead to the decades in which the world order will not be guided by Pax Americana.
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Singapore foreign minister praises telemedicine team helping Gaza refugees on UAE-led hospital ship
To help Gaza civilians, the Singapore team has been offering tele-consultations. The team consists of doctors, surgeons, and paediatricians, and they are working with the international team on the UAE-led floating hospital, anchored at Al-Arish Port in northeastern Egypt.
Lee Hsien Yang has paid Singapore ministers Shanmugam, Balakrishnan SGD 619K in Ridout Road defamation case
Lee Hsien Yang had alleged in a Facebook post in July 2023 that Shanmugam and Balakrishnan had got preferential treatment from the Singapore Land Authority in the rental of Ridout Road bungalows.
Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan urges “return to basics” for UN system amid “deficit of global leadership”
Balakrishnan delivered Singapore’s national statement at the General Debate of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on 28 September 2024. In this speech, he reiterated several times that Singapore was a “small state” and, as such, saw a rules-based world as an absolute necessity, not an optional luxury.
Narendra Modi set to visit Singapore and Brunei after ministerial roundtable in island nation
ISMR 2024 has paved the way for Modi’s visit to Singapore in September 2024, which would come almost exactly a year after former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s trip to India in September 2023 for the G20 Summit.
Singapore and US ink 123 Agreement on civil nuclear co-operation during Blinken tour of eastern Asia
Blinken’s other stops on this trip (July 25-August 3) are Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, and Mongolia. The US Embassy in Singapore said in a media release that this was his “18th trip to the Indo-Pacific region since becoming Secretary”.
Singapore prepared to recognise State of Palestine, but also wants right to exist for Israel, says FM Vivian Balakrishnan
The minister emphasised that a two-state formation ensuring peace for both parties was “the only viable path for achieving a comprehensive, just, and durable solution to this [Israel-Palestine] conflict”.
India, Singapore unveil roadmap to boost economic ties
India and Singapore will launch a new mechanism headed by their ministers of foreign affairs, finance and trade to enhance economic cooperation.
Indian EAM Jaishankar calls on senior ministers during his Singapore visit
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visit Singapore on Wednesday for three days and met senior ministers.
‘Fearmongering, politically motivated’: Indian diaspora in Singapore condemns Kejriwal’s tweet about ‘new’ COVID strain
Indian diaspora living in Singapore have come out strongly against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet calling for halting flights between India and Singapore.
