India, Singapore review ties in key areas at ministerial meet

India and Singapore on Wednesday reviewed bilateral cooperation in key areas such as connectivity, digitalisation, healthcare and skilling and identified new initiatives for collaboration.

- Rezaul H Laskar

These matters figured at the third meeting of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), aspecial mechanism created in 2022 to advance cooperation in crucial sectors such as technology, investments and advanced manufacturing.

The two sides reviewed the progress on cooperation under the six pillars of ISMR — advanced manufacturing , connectivity, digitalisation, healthcare and medicine, skills development and sustainability. The external affairs ministry said in a readout that the two sides also “deliberated on ways to further deepen bilateral cooperation, particularly under these six pillars, and identified a number of specific initiatives to pursue”.