Aug 26: Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting, and Electronics and Information Technology visited Singapore for the 2nd round of India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), which was held in Singapore on 26 August 2024.
From the Singapore side, Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, Mrs. Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs, Dr. Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry and Mr. Chee Hong Tat, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance participated in the meeting.
The Ministers reviewed the progress of the India – Singapore Strategic Partnership, particularly under the pillars of Digitalization, Skills Development, Sustainability, Healthcare & Medicine, identified during the 1st meeting of ISMR (held in New Delhi on 17 September 2022). They deliberated on ideas to expand bilateral cooperation and added two new pillars, Advanced Manufacturing and Connectivity, to further strengthen bilateral cooperation. The Ministers agreed to hold the next round of ISMR in India at a mutually convenient time.
During their visit, the Indian Ministers also called on H.E. Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore, and H.E. Mr. Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister of Singapore.
India and Singapore are important partners of each other. The visit reaffirmed the commitment of both sides to strengthen their multifaceted partnership further.
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