Deputy Secretary Foo Chi Hsia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore and Assistant Secretary Aileen Mendiola-Rau of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines co-chaired the Sixth Informal Consultations on …
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for a working visit from 21 to 22 February 2024, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. As in previous years …
Singapore will host a study visit by 12 Permanent Representatives to the United Nations (UN) in New York from 19 to 23 February 2024 under the 12th Forum of Small States (FOSS) Fellowship Programme. These Permanent Representatives are from Botswana, …
Senior Minister (SM) and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean visited Paris, France from 14 to 17 February 2024. During the visit, SM Teo met Secretary-General of the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security Stéphane …
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, signing the condolence book on the passing of the former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera, at the Embassy of the …
Your Excellency, President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka, Of course, my good friends, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen. It is great to be back, although I …
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to the President of the Republic of Chile Gabriel Boric Font to convey his condolences on the passing of former Chile President Sebastián Piñera. The text of the letter is appended. . . . . . …
QUESTION Mr Neil Parekh Nimil Rajnikant: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of the ongoing situation and the progress of implementing the “Five-Point Consensus” in Myanmar, what is the Ministry’s assessment of the impact on ASEAN’s unity and …
QUESTION Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) what is the timeline for the Ministry’s regular review of Singapore’s contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and (b) what criteria does the Ministry …
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will participate in the seventh Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Perth, Australia on 9 February 2024. Under this year’s theme “Towards a Stable and Sustainable Indian Ocean”, the IOC will bring together …
QUESTION Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the pending case before the International Court of Justice filed against Israel under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (a) …
QUESTION Mr Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) what is Singapore's strategy to ensure the security of its trade routes and shipping lanes amidst geopolitical tensions, particularly with the threat posed to ships …
QUESTION Mr Mohd Fahmi bin Aliman: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) in the wake of China's demarches made to Singapore for the congratulatory message to Taiwan’s new President, whether this will have any impact on the bilateral diplomatic …
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin is visiting Singapore under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Distinguished Visitors’ Programme (DVP) from 5 to 6 February 2024. Introduced in 2005, the DVP invites esteemed …
QUESTION Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the demarches made by China to Singapore in response to Singapore’s congratulatory message to Taiwan’s new President will affect (i) Singapore’s relationship with China and …
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have written congratulatory letters to the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, on the occasion of His Majesty’s assumption of office. The text of the …
Senior Minister of State (SMS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Development, Sim Ann, visited Beijing, China from 28 to 29 January 2024. SMS was accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. SMS called on Minister …
Minister Vivian Balakrishnan: We just had a very good meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers. Open, candid, free flowing. I thought it was very constructive. A few key points to highlight. Number one, the theme that Laos has chosen – Resilience and …
Your Excellency Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Head of the Committee for External Relations, Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Excellencies Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Sabaidee! My wife and I are delighted to join all …
Tan Hui Yee (Straits Times): What lessons have we learned from the existing cooperation between Laos and Singapore on renewable energy, and how do we plan to expand this cooperation? Minister Vivian Balakrishnan: Let me take a step back. First, I am …
