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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he wants to create many Singapores in India. He said this during a bilateral meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday. The two leaders decided to upgrade the existing strategic partnership between India and Singapore to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Four important agreements were signed
This is the second country in the Indo-Pacific region in three weeks with which India has upgraded the status of its relations. A similar agreement was signed between India and Malaysia last fortnight on 20 August 2024. This means that India should cooperate with these countries to protect each other's interests in areas like defense, trade, military, communications. Four important agreements have also been signed between the two countries under the leadership of Modi and Wong.
After his visit to Brunei, PM Modi arrived in Singapore on Wednesday. On Thursday, he met Prime Minister Wong and President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. While official talks were held under the leadership of the Prime Ministers of both countries.
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Wong is the fourth generation Prime Minister of Singapore, for which PM Modi specially congratulated him. Modi said, “I am confident that Singapore will progress even faster under the leadership of 4G (fourth generation). Singapore is not just a partner country. Singapore is an inspiration for every developing country. We want to create many Singapores in India too.” And I am happy that we are working together in this direction.
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- In a joint statement issued by India and Singapore after PM Modi's visit, it was said that China's aggressive attitude directly points to the current situation in the South China Sea and demanded a code of conduct for all the countries in the region and other concerned countries.
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- It says that this code of conduct should be prepared under international law and the United Nations Convention on the Sea (UNCLOSE) to ensure peace, stability, security and freedom in the region. Both have urged all parties to resolve the dispute peacefully without using force
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- Both countries have described terrorism as the biggest threat to world peace and stability and said that it should not be justified under any circumstances. Cooperation between the two countries against terrorism will be further enhanced.
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- PM Modi also announced the setting up of a centre for ancient Tamil language poet Tiruvalluvar in Singapore. He described Singapore as the architect of India's Act East policy.
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- Over the past 10 years of strategic ties, bilateral trade has doubled and investment from Singapore to India has tripled to $150 billion. They also expressed happiness at elevating this relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
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- The governments of India and Singapore have formed a special group of four cabinet ministers each to prepare a new agenda for bilateral cooperation. Its second meeting was held last week.
Create a roadmap for the future
The group has prepared a roadmap of cooperation in four areas which has been signed. Later, in a joint statement issued by both the countries, it was said that PM Modi and PM Wong supported further enhancing the already strong defense relations. Along with this, instructions have been given to complete the talks soon on amendment in the economic agreement (CIPA) signed between the two countries in the year 2016.