Singapore foreign policy

US leadership still ‘vital’, but its absence should not stop others from moving forward: PM Wong

If the US chooses to stay out of certain conversations, the rest of the world can find a way forward and the US can rejoin later, he says

Vivian Balakrishnan is one of Singapore’s longest-serving foreign ministers.

‘Foreign policy now has domestic salience’: Vivian Balakrishnan on a decade of representing Singapore

In the House, more MPs are rising to query his ministry’s policies, whether during the annual Budget debate or the delivery of ministerial statements

The world is becoming more uncertain and unsettled, but Australia and Singapore share “a common strategic perspective that is built on a deep reservoir of trust”, says Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) at a joint press conference in Canberra with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Singapore and Australia’s upgrade of ties can help strengthen wider multilateralism: PM Wong

Inked in 2015, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has delivered ‘real and tangible benefits’, with more than 110 initiatives

Following the President’s Address at the opening of Parliament on Sep 5, the various ministries are releasing their plans for the new government term.

Amid ‘economic weaponisation’, Singapore will take whole-of-government approach in assessing security risks, strengthen ties with other countries

This comes as big power contestation, digital connectivity, economic weaponisation and technological advances present complex risks

DPM Gan Kim Yong (left) meeting Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong in Guangzhou, his first stop in a five-day working visit to China.

Guangzhou Knowledge City a useful test bed for developing new technologies: DPM Gan, Guangdong governor

The deputy prime minister is also visiting Shenzhen and Beijing during his five-day trip

From left: Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong; then-PM Lee Hsien Loong; Chinese Premier Li Qiang; and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao in Beijing in April 2023. DPM Gan was accompanying former PM Lee on an official visit to China at the time.

DPM Gan makes 5-day working visit to China, to attend commemorative events for WWII

He will visit Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Beijing from Aug 31 to Sep 4

Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao met with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Jul 14.

Singapore boosts support for Timor-Leste as it prepares to join Asean

[SINGAPORE] Singapore will step up its support of Timor-Leste’s development of its government’s capacity, as the region’s youngest nation prepares to join Asean as a full member.

PM Wong (left) and President Xi meeting on Jun 24 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Deep China-Singapore relationship built even before establishing diplomatic ties 35 years ago: PM Wong

The Singapore leader met President Xi Jinping and third-in-command Zhao Leji on his second full day in China

PM Lawrence Wong (left) and China's Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Singapore, China sign four agreements on talent, knowledge sharing; leaders discuss OTC bond arrangement

The two countries have a high-level partnership that provides a basis for new ways to strengthen cooperation