India and Singapore lift ties to strategic partnership, ink 10 pacts

India and Singapore have elevated their ties to the ‘strategic partnership’ level and signed bilateral India and Singaporeagreements for enhanced defence cooperation and in areas like cyber security, shipping and civil aviation after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong. Modi also met Singapore President Tony Tan Keng on the second day of his visit and was accorded a ceremonial welcome here at Istana, the official residence and office of the President.

The ten pacts signed by the two sides included a joint declaration by the two Prime Ministers on a strategic partnership.

The five MoUs include in the field of civil aviation, planning, capacity building, urban planning and governance, cyber security and cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in narcotics drugs.

-Joint declaration on strategic partnership.

-Agreement on defence corporation.

-Agreement on sharing white shipping information.

-Agreements on extension of loan of artefacts to the Asian civilizations museum of Singapore.

-Executive program on cooperation of the fields of arts heritage archives and library.

-MoU between airports authority of India and singapore cooperation enterprise in civil aviation.

-MoU between Niti Aayog and Singapore cooperation enterprise o. cooperation in the field of planning.

-MoU between town and country planning organization of India and Singapore cooperation enterprise in capacity building,urban planning and governance.

-MoU between Indian computer emergency response team,dept if IT and Singapore computer emergency response team ,cyber security.

-MoU on cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in narcotics drugs ,psychotropic substance and their precursors.

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