PM Modi's second day in Singapore began with bilateral talks with his counterpart, after which both sides elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and signed four MoUs in health and medicine, skill development and more. This is PM's fifth official visit to Singapore.
Wong is a US-trained economist and a former civil servant who is widely popular for his social media posts playing guitar to popular songs. He will succeed Lee Hsien Loong, who was PM for two decades, and is only the second leader to not be a member of the founding Lee Family.
Wong has been prime minister-in-waiting since April 2022after the previous anointed successor stepped aside unexpectedly and derailed the carefully choreographed leadership transition typical in the affluent Asian financial centre.
"Your two visits to Singapore last year gave strong momentum to our Strategic Partnership, especially in new areas of cooperation such as FinTech and innovation," Lee said on Modi’s visits to Singapore in 2018.
Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today said the December 8 riot here is a good reminder to people that even in a stable society, such incidents can still happen.Lee said the first priority
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