PM Wong receives congratulatory calls from foreign leaders on election victory

Leaders from Australia, Bhutan, Indonesia and Malaysia have called Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to congratulate him on his party's victory at the 2025 General Election.

- Anjali Raguraman Correspondent

In his first election as prime minister on May 3, PM Wong and the PAP won 65.57 per cent of the vote.

It was mutual congratulations for PM Wong and Australia's Mr Anthony Albanese, who claimed a historic second term as prime minister on May 3 at the Australian federal election.

In a letter sent to Prime Minister Albanese on May 5, PM Wong noted how Singapore and Australia share a strong partnership and a high level of strategic trust.

"We are like-minded partners with a common interest in upholding an open, inclusive and rules-based global order," he wrote, in the letter shared by Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

"We work well together to promote substantive and pathfinding regional and international initiatives, including in Asean and at the WTO (World Trade Organisation)."

MFA on May 5 said that the two prime ministers "reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations" ahead of the Singapore-Australia Annual Leaders' Meeting later in 2025.