SINGAPORE: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to 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 assembly with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the present day,” Mr Wong stated in a Fb publish following the assembly. “Our bilateral relationship is in glorious form.”
In his publish, Mr Wong mirrored on ties between Singapore and the US and the way cooperation between the 2 nations is increasing.
“We’ve got substantial ties throughout many areas, from the financial system to defence and safety. For instance, the US is the most important investor in Singapore, with shut to six,000 US corporations primarily based right here, creating many roles for Singaporeans,” he stated.
“We’re increasing our cooperation to new areas, together with on essential rising applied sciences like AI, in addition to civilian nuclear power (in order that we will hold observe of recent applied sciences and higher assess the long run power potentialities for Singapore).”