‘Singapore A Valued Partner In Viksit Bharat Journey’: PM Modi Thanks Lawrence Wong

Last Updated:September 04, 2025, 13:36 IST

In an interview, Lawrence Wong, who is on a visit to India, said that his meeting with PM Modi was aimed at forging a new roadmap for bilateral ties.

PM Modi meets Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (PTI Image)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong for his praise of the India-Singapore relations, and said that both nations are committed to the implementation of the roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

“Thank you Prime Minister Wong for your words of confidence in India! Singapore is a valued partner in our journey towards building a Viksit Bharat. We are committed to the swift implementation of the roadmap for our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with a focus on advanced manufacturing, skilling and digital frameworks," PM Modi posted on X, sharing Wong’s interview with an Indian media outlet.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Wong, who is on a visit to India, said that his meeting with PM Modi was aimed at forging a new roadmap for bilateral ties.

He said that a strong and rising India contributes to the stability and resilience in Asia and opens up new opportunities for its partners in the region, HT reported.

Singapore, which is the largest source of foreign direct investment into India, will continue to invest in the country and will have confidence in India’s prospects for the future, Wong said in the interview.

“The one thing we can do proactively is to work with like-minded countries to foster closer links, to operate on the basis of a rules-based trading framework to bring our economies closer together…We believe we can do so with India because we have with India a strategic partnership built on 60 years of friendship and trust," he said.

When asked what Singapore’s efforts were to aid India in creating a semiconductor hub, Wong said that there has been good progress in this field.

“It was something that Prime Minister Modi raised with me when he visited Singapore last year. Since then, we’ve signed an MoU and we’ve made progress across three different areas," he said.

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