EAM Jaishankar Meets Singapore Prime Brass, Opinions Progress Of PM Modis Earlier Go to

Exterior Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held a sequence of in depth high-level interactions throughout his go to to Singapore, underscoring the significance India attaches to its ties with the nation, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) highlighted in an official assertion on Sunday.

EAM Jaishankar visited Singapore on July 13. Throughout the go to, he known as on the President of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and held conferences with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Commerce and Business Gan Kim Yong and Minister for Overseas Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

The MEA famous in its assertion that the leaders reviewed progress of the outcomes of Prime Minister’s go to and the 2nd spherical of India Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), which included areas of investments, industrial parks, semiconductors, infrastructure, ability growth and connectivity. Additionally they exchanged views on ASEAN, Indo-Pacific and world developments.

EAM Jaishankar additionally met Teo Chee Hean, former Senior Minister & Coordinating Minister for Nationwide Safety and Chairman-designate of Temasek Holdings. Their dialogue centered on transformation underway in India and alternatives for Temasek to broaden its investments in India.

MEA underlined in its assertion that the go to is a part of continued high-level exchanges between two nations and displays the significance India attaches to its relations with Singapore.

Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will arrive in Beijing on Sunday night, his first journey to China in 5 years.

The go to comes at a time when each nations are attempting to ease tensions and enhance ties that plummeted following the lethal Galwan Valley clashes in 2020.Jaishankar, who’s on a two-nation tour — Singapore and China is scheduled to reach in Beijing this night after wrapping up the Singapore leg of his go to.

The Exterior Affairs Minister is predicted to fulfill his Chinese language counterpart, Wang Yi, for a bilateral assembly on Monday.

Jaishankar and Wang final met in February on the sidelines of a G20 assembly in Johannesburg, the place each side echoed requires mutual belief and help.

Jaishankar may also attend a gathering of international ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Overseas Ministers’ in Tianjin on July 15.

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs confirmed that “EAM will go to the Folks’s Republic of China to take part within the SCO Council of Overseas Ministers’ Assembly (CFM) being held in Tianjin. EAM may also maintain bilateral conferences on the sidelines of the CFM.”

That is Jaishankar’s first go to to China since relations soured following the lethal army conflict in Galwan in 2020.Jaishankar’s go to follows visits by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval, who had travelled to China in June for the SCO conferences.

Wang Yi can be anticipated to go to India subsequent month to fulfill NSA Ajit Doval — a part of a deliberate spherical of dialogue below the Particular Representatives (SR) mechanism aimed toward resolving the decades-old boundary dispute.