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New MoU to strengthen cooperation between Singapore and India in education and skills development

New MoU to strengthen cooperation between Singapore and India in education and skills development

This is one of four MoUs exchanged. Other areas of focus include digital cooperation and health & medicine.

On his recent visit to Singapore, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi met with Singapore's leaders to discuss further partnerships to strengthen the diplomatic relations between both countries. 

In a meeting with Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, both leaders reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between Singapore and India, also discussing India’s potential as a leading centre of growth over the next decade, driven by both social and digital investments across the wide span of its population, as well as its new economic linkages.

They also discussed the potential for India and ASEAN to complement each other’s growth and build stronger supply chain linkages.

Meanwhile, Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Prime Minister Modi explored potential collaboration in new and innovative areas, including a joint flagship programme for skills training, enhancing cross-border data flows via the Gujarat International Finance and Tec-City (GIFT City), and cooperation in developing industrial parks in India.

Both prime ministers witnessed the exchange of four government-to-government memoranda of understanding (MOUs) in the following areas:

  • digital cooperation,
  • education and skills development,
  • health and medicine, and
  • semiconductor ecosystem cooperation.

These MoUs underscore the comprehensive and future-oriented nature of Singapore’s cooperation with India and hope to add depth and breadth to the bilateral relationship. 

Together with Prime Minister Modi, Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Hsien Long welcomed the strong bilateral cooperation, including on skilling workers, and discussed regional and international developments.


Lead image / Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong Facebook

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