Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to deepen the bilateral cooperation with Singapore in critical sectors like semiconductors and healthcare along with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence during his ongoing visit.

Modi is on a visit to Singapore as part of his tour of Southeast Asia in which he previously visited Brunei. In Singapore, he held talks with PM Lawrence Wong and President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and held also held a meeting with top business leaders.

During the visit, Modi announced that he and Wong had decided to elevate the bilateral ties to the level of a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’.

In public remarks before the delegation-level talks with Wong, PM Modi highlighted the nature of bilateral ties.

“Our strategic partnership is completing a decade. Over the past ten years, our trade has more than doubled. Mutual investment has increased almost threefold to cross $150 billion. Singapore was the first country with which we launched the UPI Person-to-Person payment facility. In the past ten years, 17 satellites of Singapore have been launched from Indian soil. Our cooperation has gained momentum from skilling to defence sector. The agreement between Singapore Airlines and Air India has strengthened connectivity,” said Modi in Hindi, as per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 5, 2024

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