Overview

• Wong landed in India on Sept 2 for a three-day visit that includes a Sept 4 meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a presidential call, a banquet lunch, a Raj Ghat tribute and a business roundtable.
• Officials expect at least five agreements covering civil aviation, space, shipping, finance and digital innovation, and skills, with a joint statement outlining a broader cooperation roadmap reported to be in the works.
• Modi and Wong are slated to virtually inaugurate Phase 2 of PSA’s Bharat Mumbai container terminal, a project reported at over US$1 billion in investment by PSA International.
• Singapore’s delegation includes Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Acting Transport Minister and Senior Minister of State for Finance Jeffrey Siow, and Minister of State Gan Siow Huang, while K. Shanmugam serves as acting prime minister in Singapore.
• Diplomatic and official briefings point to discussions on green energy exports, data and AI hubs, CBDC cooperation between the MAS and RBI, semiconductor ecosystem development, space collaboration and potential small modular reactor work.