PM Lee: Singapore has to speak up on key issues to secure its space in the world

Munich

SINGAPORE has a responsibility to highlight important issues which concern it, deal with them, and push its position on them, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

Doing so is particularly crucial when Singapore's security, safety, or fundamental interests regarding its position in the world - such as the rule of international law and the peaceful resolution of disputes - are at stake, he added.

"If we don't stand up and be counted, you cannot lie low and hope that nobody will notice you," he said in an interview with Singapore reporters on Monday, wrappin…