Manage ties, even if not agreeable with each other: DPM Teo

Tokyo

WITH the world at an inflexion point on trade and security issues, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Monday urged countries to find ways to manage their bilateral and multilateral ties - even if they do not see eye to eye with each other.

They should also "conduct foreign relations based on mutual respect and trust", he told the 24th Nikkei Future of Asia Conference.

In his wide-ranging speech, delivered on the last of a three-day visit to Japan, Mr Teo noted how trade frictions an…