Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will arrive in India on Tuesday for a three-day official visit, marking a significant milestone in deepening of the strategic partnership between the two nations.
The visit, which coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Singapore, is expected to see the signing of several high-level agreements across sectors including finance, digital innovation, skill development, civil aviation, maritime cooperation, and space technology.
Wong will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, where the two leaders are expected to review regional and global developments and explore new avenues for collaboration.
Officials said that the visit is aimed at giving fresh momentum to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that was formally elevated during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Singapore in September 2024. It also follows the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), held earlier this month in New Delhi, where ministers from both sides reviewed cooperation across six key pillars: Advanced Manufacturing, Connectivity, Digitalisation, Healthcare and Medicine, Skill Development, and Sustainability.
India and Singapore share a robust bilateral relationship anchored in strong economic, defence, and cultural ties. In recent years, cooperation has expanded into emerging areas such as fintech, green energy, smart urban development, and cybersecurity. With growing trade and investment flows and stronger people-to-people exchanges through education and tourism, both sides have expressed a commitment to further institutionalise and future-proof their partnership in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape.
Singapore is India’s largest trading partner within ASEAN and is also the leading source of FDI, as well as one of the largest contributors of external commercial borrowings and foreign portfolio investments.
(With inputs from IANS)