Overview

• Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Lawrence Wong unveiled an eight‑pillar plan to expand the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with aims spanning economic cooperation, skills, digitalisation, sustainability, connectivity, health, cultural ties and security.
• Five MoUs were signed covering civil aviation, skill development, a Green and Digital Shipping Corridor, space cooperation and digital asset innovation to build next‑generation financial infrastructure.
• The leaders virtually inaugurated the PSA‑backed container terminal at JN Port’s BMCT Phase‑2 in Mumbai, a project with investment exceeding USD 1 billion.
• Both sides agreed to broaden work in advanced technologies including AI, quantum, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, civil nuclear energy and defence technologies such as unmanned vessels.
• India’s interest in participating in the Malacca Straits Patrol was acknowledged with talks continuing, and a time‑bound review of CECA and the ASEAN FTA was announced to accelerate trade.