The 6th India-Singapore Defence Ministerial Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 22nd October 2024. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen co-chaired the India-Singapore Defence Ministerial Dialogue 2024 in New Delhi.
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India-Singapore Defence Ministerial Dialogue 2024
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Minister of Defence of Singapore Dr Ng Eng Hen co-chaired the sixth India-Singapore Defence Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi on October 22, 2024.
Defence Minister of Singapore Dr Ng Eng Hen is on a visit to India from October 21-23, 2024.
Key Highlights
India and Singapore acknowledge deep and long-standing bilateral defence relations based on their shared vision for regional peace, stability and security.
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As 2025 marks 60 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Singapore, both Ministers agreed to further step up defence cooperation and agreed to achieve new feats. They also agreed to extend bilateral agreement on Joint Military Training Army for the next five years.
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India-Singapore agreed to further step up defence cooperation including industry collaboration in niche domains such as automation and Artificial Intelligence. The two Ministers also decided to take forward the cooperation in emerging areas like cyber security.
Static Current Affairs related to Singapore for upcoming exams
- Capital city: Singapore
- Official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil
- National language: Malay
- President: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- Prime Minister: Lawrence Wong
- Total Population 2024 estimate: 6,040,000 (113th)
- Currency: Singapore dollar (S$) (SGD)
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