Trump accepts invitation to visit Singapore in 2018
Singapore and US leaders reaffirm 'robust and enduring partnership' over the last half-century
Washington
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he had a wide-ranging exchange with US President Trump at their meeting in the White House on Monday (Tuesday morning, Singapore time), with the two leaders reaffirming the "robust and enduring partnership" between their countries over the last 51 years.
"It is a deep and wide relationship, with substantial cooperation in the economic, defence and security spheres. We discussed what more we could do to take it forward," said Mr Lee.
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