Overview

• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and Temasek chairman-designate Teo Chee Hean.
• Both governments reaffirmed their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, elevated during Prime Minister Modi’s September 2024 visit, and pledged to convene the third ministerial roundtable in New Delhi soon.
• Discussions produced commitments on investments, industrial parks, semiconductors, digital technologies, skill development and enhanced connectivity.
• Singapore’s foreign minister described India as a growing pole of opportunity in a shifting multipolar world during post-talk remarks.
• Jaishankar left Singapore for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ council in Tianjin to advance regional stability and multilateral engagement.