Indonesia Good ties with neighbour crucial to S'pore
The Straits Times|April 27, 2024
Singapore will continue to deepen ties with Indonesia, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on a visit there.
Hariz Baharudin

Given the world's "unsettled state", he stressed that "it's all the more important to double down on our relationships" with neighbours.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Bogor in West Java on April 29 to attend the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat hosted by outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

This will be PM Lee's seventh and final Leaders' Retreat with Mr Widodo, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement on April 26.

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