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Vivian Balakrishnan

International

North Korea not keen on external engagement, says Singapore’s foreign minister after Pyongyang visit

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says: “Right now, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is, in a sense, an Asian crisis.”
Global Enterprise

Asia faces crisis from Middle East disruption: Vivian Balakrishnan

Asean ministers met to salvage a truce first brokered by Asean chair Malaysia and US President Donald Trump after a previous round of border clashes in July.
International

Singapore urges Thailand, Cambodia to de-escalate situation and resume talks: Vivian Balakrishnan

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

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

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.
Singapore

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

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says the government is pushing for greater Asean integration, with the aim of creating a single market and investment zone.
Singapore

Singapore risks ‘worst of both worlds’ outcome if caught in US-China rivalry: Vivian Balakrishnan

Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan says: “Instead of a rules-based global system that promotes trade, you now have a system where every trade agreement becomes a bilateral arm-wrestling match.”
Global Enterprise

US tariffs risks turning global trade into ‘arm-wrestling match’: Vivian Balakrishnan

PAP's Nee Soon team. From left: Minister for Law K Shanmugam, Jackson Lam, Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Goh Hanyan and Lee Hui Ying.
Singapore
SINGAPORE GE2025

GE2025: PAP fends off RDU challenges in Holland-Bukit Timah and Nee Soon GRCs

From left: The PAP team for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC features Christopher de Souza, Sim Ann, Vivian Balakrishnan and Edward Chia (extreme right). With them is Liang Eng Hwa (second from right), who will defend the single-seat Bukit Panjang ward.
Singapore
SINGAPORE GE2025

GE2025: RDU takes on PAP incumbents in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC debut

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last November.
International

Beijing party chief, Politburo member Yin Li to visit Singapore

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