Singapore’s leaders extended warm congratulations to their Indian counterparts on the occasion of India’s 75th Republic Day. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent letters to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, respectively, to mark this significant milestone. In his letter, President Tharman reminisced about his recent visits to India and highlighted the deep and longstanding partnership between the two nations, which is supported by strong ties in various fields, including people-to-people connections. He also commended India’s successful conclusion of its G20 presidency and acknowledged the deeper engagement between the two countries, particularly in new areas such as FinTech, sustainability, and digitalization.
Prime Minister Lee, in his letter to Prime Minister Modi, emphasized the longstanding friendship between Singapore and India, underpinned by extensive cooperation across trade, finance, defense, and close people-to-people ties. He also noted the successful collaboration in new areas like food security and digitalization and appreciated the steady uptake of users in the PayNow-Unified Payments Interface linkage launched by both leaders. PM Lee expressed his gratitude for India’s skillful navigation of contentious issues during the G20 Summit under PM Modi’s leadership, leading to a consensus in the Leaders Declaration.
These congratulatory messages underscore the robust and multifaceted relationship between Singapore and India, reflecting their commitment to further strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation on regional and global platforms.
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