India and Singapore have signed a fresh agreement to extend the use of training and exercise facilities in India by the Singapore Army for a five-year period from this August. The agreement was signed in the presence of Defence Minister A K Antony and his Singaporean counterpart Dr. Ng Eng Hen in Singapore yesterday.
An official release issued in New Delhi today said, a bilateral agreement for utilization of facilities in India by the Singapore Air Force and Army was signed in October 2007 and August 2008. The agreement for training and exercises of Singapore Air Force in India was extended up to October 2017 during the visit of Singapore’s Permanent Secretary of Defence to India in July last year. Singapore is the only country to which India is offering such facilities.
The release added that Mr Antony, who is on a three nation visit to Singapore, Australia, and Thailand, arrived in Singapore last evening. The two sides held ranging talks on defence cooperation. They also exchanged views on global and regional security issues including Asia-Pacific Security.