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  • PM Modi Meets Singapore PM Lawrence Wong, Four MoUs Signed – Key Details |

    PM Modi In Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday to discuss enhancing cooperation between the two nations. Modi is on a two-day visit to Singapore at Wong’s invitation.

    Before their official talks, PM Modi received a ceremonial welcome at the Singapore Parliament House and signed the visitor’s book. The meeting holds significance as it marks the first interaction between the two leaders since Wong took office as Singapore’s premier and Modi began his third term as India’s prime minister. The two countries signed four MoUs.

    #WATCH | Several MoUs signed between India and Singapore in the fields of Digital Technologies, Health and Medicine, Educational Cooperation & Skills Development and India-Singapore Semiconductor Ecosystem Partnership in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore… pic.twitter.com/mowXSLxzaB
    — ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2024

    Ahead of the talks with Wong, Modi received a red carpet-welcome at the Singapore Parliament House. He also signed the visitor’s book there. “A new chapter in – ties: Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established. PM @narendramodi and PM @LawrenceWongST held a productive meeting in Singapore today,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X after the meeting.

    “The leaders agreed to elevate the – ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They extensively reviewed various facets of the bilateral relationship covering areas of Advanced Manufacturing, Connectivity, Digitalisation, Healthcare & Medicine, Skills Development and Sustainability,” he said. The meeting between the two leaders comes days after Wong took over and Modi began his third term as prime minister. 

    Later in the day, PM Modi will meet President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Several agreements are expected to be signed between India and Singapore, covering areas like digital technologies, healthcare, education, skills development, and semiconductor collaboration.

  • India-Singapore talk about roadmap to give a boost to defence cooperation

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    NEW DELHI: India and Singapore are running to make stronger defence ties and for it a roadmap has been ready. The Indian Military in a tweet message on Tuesday stated, “Normal MM Naravane known as on Brigadier Normal David Neo, Leader of Singapore Military and mentioned the roadmap to additional make stronger defence cooperation between each International locations.”

    Normal Naravane often known as on Dr Ng Eng Chicken, Minister for Defence, MINDEF, Singapore and mentioned regional geopolitical trends. The sturdy and long-standing bilateral defence courting between each International locations was once reaffirmed, the Military added.

    This talk over with is a great initiative protecting Indian efforts with better targets feels Commodore Anil Jai Singh (Retd), defence analyst. “The more potent courting might be mutually really useful and that is in keeping with India’s SAGAR Initiative.”

    SAGAR is Safety and Expansion for all within the Area.

    “India is making efforts in consolidating its place within the Indo-Pacific and the 2 international locations proportion a more potent courting,” added Commodore Singh.

    The Singapore Ministry of Defence in a remark on Tuesday stated, “The Singapore Military and the Indian Military have interaction ceaselessly via bilateral workouts, skilled exchanges, visits and cross-attendance of lessons. Those mutually really useful interactions have deepened the bilateral defence courting, enhanced mutual figuring out and reinforced the cooperation between the 2 armies.”

    “India is attempting to put itself as a defence apparatus provider and it might were one of the most underlining issues,” stated Maj Gen SB Asthana (Retd).

    India just lately signed a freelance to provide BrahMos Cruise missile to Philippines and Indonesia and Vietnam have additionally expressed hobby in it.

    By the way, India’s homegrown Gentle Battle Plane was once showcased via the Indian Air Pressure in February this 12 months on the Singapore AirShow 2022.

    Indian and Singapore will have to discover spaces to collectively manufacture defence apparatus, stated Commodore Anil Jai Singh.

    Gen MM Naravane COAS visited the Infantry Gunnery Tactical Simulator IGTS Centre. He witnessed the state of the art simulators, which allow troops to hone their weaponry abilities & commanders to support tactical decision-making talents.