New Delhi,The Minister of Defence of Singapore, Dr Ng Eng Hen, who is on official
visit to India, met Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, at South Block, here today.
The Singapore Defence Minister was accompanied by the High Commissioner of
Singapore in India Mr Lim Thuan Kuan and other officials of the Singapore
Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces. The Indian delegation included
Defence Secretary RK Mathur and Chief of
the Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chief of the Staff Committee
(CISC) Air Marshal PP Reddy as well as other senior officers of the Ministry of
Defence, MEA and Armed Forces. Prior to the meeting, the Singapore Defence
Minister laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti. He was accorded a ceremonial
Guard of Honour at South Block.
During the meeting,
both Ministers expressed satisfaction over the wide ranging and comprehensive
defence exchanges between both countries and agreed that the enhancement of
defence relationship between the two countries was in the mutual interest.
Both Ministers
exchanged views on the global and regional security scenario. In the context of
security situation in the Asia Pacific region, both Ministers acknowledged the
role of the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM)-Plus framework in promoting
dialogue and consensus in the region.
Both Ministers noted
the commonalities in the security concerns of India and Singapore and
acknowledged that there was scope for both countries to continue to work
together for peace and stability.
Both Ministers agreed
to continue the robust engagements and to continue to work together to further
substantiate defence interactions in the areas of mutual benefit.
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