Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Singapore is expected to deepen the ties between India and the South East Asian country and set the stage to take the relationship to a new era, according to Indian envoy to Singapore.
The Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Shilpak Ambule said that discussions during the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) held on August 27 have set the agenda for the relationship between the two countries, which will now consolidated and cemented during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.
“It is a very important visit happening very early on in Prime Minister Modi’s third tenure. It is also happening very early on in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s tenure. It gives us a good opportunity to set the stage to take our relationships to a newer level and newer heights. So that is the whole kind of purpose of this visit,” Ambule said.
About the agenda of the trade and investment ties to be discussed during PM’s meetings with the President, the Prime Minister and important ministers in Singapore, Ambule said that apart from trade and investment, new contemporary areas like green technology and, sustainability will be discussed.
The envoy to Singapore said that trade and investment is expected to grow further. “Bilateral trade has more than doubled in the last ten years. Our intention is to take it even further. We also combine it with investments. Singapore is the largest source of foreign direct investment in India. So if you take the basket of trade and investment together, they will only grow up and further improve as we go on,” Ambule said.
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