PM Modi invited Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to visit India, and he accepted. PM Modi also visited the semiconductor facility of AEM Holdings Ltd (Photo: PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Delhi on Thursday after concluding his three-day visit to Singapore and Brunei.
PM Modi shared a video of his visit to Singapore on X and said, “My visit to Singapore has been very fruitful. It will certainly strengthen bilateral ties and benefit the people of our nations. I thank the government and people of Singapore for their warmth.”
Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met at Parliament House in Singapore.
The two leaders, along with their delegations, held a bilateral meeting. In their talks, both leaders reviewed the progress of bilateral relations between India and Singapore. Following this, the two sides exchanged four MoUs in the areas of digital technology, semiconductors, skill development and healthcare.
Prime Minister Modi invited Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to visit India, and he accepted. Prime Minister Modi also visited the semiconductor facilities of AEM Holdings Ltd.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong accompanied Prime Minister Modi during his visit to the semiconductor facilities. Prime Minister Modi invited Singapore semiconductor companies to participate in the SEMICON INDIA exhibition to be held in Greater Noida from September 11 to 13.
“It was wonderful to interact with the interns from the World Skill Centre in Odisha who are visiting Singapore and the Singapore interns who have been in India as part of CII-Enterprise Singapore’s India Ready Talent programme. I also met a team of Indian engineers working at AEM Holdings. This cooperation is truly special and celebrates human talent as well as innovation,” PM Modi said after visiting the facility.
The Prime Minister also met Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam today and held talks that focused on key sectors such as skill development, sustainability, technology, innovation and connectivity. The talks between the two leaders focused on the entire gamut of bilateral ties between India and Singapore.
Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Wong acknowledged India and Singapore’s shared history, their long tradition of friendship based on mutual trust and respect and their extensive cooperation in a wide range of areas. They reviewed and expressed satisfaction with the progress of the bilateral relationship in the political, economic, security, technological, educational, interpersonal and cultural areas.
It is interesting to note that next year India and Singapore will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. In this context, both Prime Ministers agreed to elevate bilateral relations to the higher level of “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” in order to deepen and expand bilateral cooperation.
Prior to his visit to Singapore, Prime Minister Modi paid an official visit to Brunei. Prime Minister Modi held “wide-ranging” talks with the Sultan of Brunei, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan. During their talks, both leaders discussed ways to further consolidate bilateral ties.
In a post on X, PM Modi said, “I am delighted to meet His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Our talks were wide-ranging and included ways to further consolidate bilateral ties between our nations. We will further expand trade ties, business links and people-to-people exchanges.”
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the new Chancellery of the High Commission of India in Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan.
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First published: September 6, 2024 | 7:14 am IS
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