India and Singapore signed several agreements on Strategic Partnership. It is a frame work to contribute to greater regional stability and growth, deepen existing areas of cooperation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsein Loong signed agreement. Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs Anil Wadhwa spoke to AIR Correspondent on the signing of MoUs and documents.<br/><br/>Both the countries have also decided to enhance defence cooperation by signing revised Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA). As per DCA, both the countries agreed to establish a regular Defence Minister's dialogue, defence cooperation in maritime security and encourage cooperation between defence industries of the two countries. Mr Wadwa later told media persons that Mr. Modi has invited Singapore to develop 20 smart cities in India. Narendra Modi has also said that India will upgrade 500 raliway stations on PPP mode and invited Singapore to invest on it. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lee Hsein Loong have also released commemorative stamps depicting Rashtrapati Bhawan and Istana-Official residence of Singapore President-as a mark of 50 years of bilateral relation. The two countries also signed several more agreements on mutual co-operation in the presence of both the Prime Ministers. These include Defence, Civil Aviation, National Planning and cyber Security. <br/><br/>Mr Modi visited Institute of Technical Education in Singapore along with his Singaporean counterpart to know about vocational courses and skill development. Mr. Modi has visited maritime training, aerospace and precision engineering hubs. Later, he will address economic convention and meet CEOs of Singapore before participating in a community programme.
News On AIR | November 24, 2015 7:58 PM
India, Singapore sign strategic partnership to boost cooperation in key areas