India and Singapore signed a joint declaration
envisaging a “Strategic Partnership,” which, besides broadening
engagement in existing areas of cooperation, aims to catalyse new ones
ranging from political, defence and security cooperation to economic,
cultural and people-to-people contacts.
Besides the
partnership declaration — a framework to contribute to greater regional
stability and growth — the two countries signed as many as 10 bilateral
agreements on Tuesday.
Later, addressing the
India-Singapore Economic Convention, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
his visit had been very productive and positive. Memoranda of
understanding were signed for curtailing(reduce in extent or quantity) drug trafficking and improving
cybersecurity, enabling Singapore and India to collaborate on technology
and research.
Agreements were signed for
collaboration in urban planning and waste water management and to extend
long-term loan of Indian artifacts to the Asian Civilizations Museum of
Singapore and for cooperation in the fields of arts, museums, archives
and monuments.
Source :- The Hindu, 25- Nov-2015
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