SINGAPORE: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken known as on Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Jul 31) throughout his go to to Singapore.
Mr Blinken and Mr Wong, who can also be Finance Minister, met on the Istana on the second day of his official go to.
“I had a very good assembly with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken right now,” Mr Wong stated in a Fb submit following the assembly. “Our bilateral relationship is in glorious form.”
In his submit, Mr Wong mirrored on ties between Singapore and the US and the way cooperation between the 2 nations is increasing.
“We now have substantial ties throughout many areas, from the economic system to defence and safety. For instance, the US is the biggest investor in Singapore, with shut to six,000 US companies primarily based right here, creating many roles for Singaporeans,” he stated.
“We’re increasing our cooperation to new areas, together with on vital rising applied sciences like AI, in addition to civilian nuclear vitality (in order that we are able to preserve monitor of latest applied sciences and higher assess the longer term vitality prospects for Singapore).”
