S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister and  Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday have discussed new avenues of India-Singapore relationship through opportunities provided by 'New India'.

Jaishankar is on a visit to Singapore. He is also accompanied by Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Hardeep S. Puri. External Affairs Minister posted a picture of meeting on Twitter.

Meeting with Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong

Jaishankar h called on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on September 9 where he discussed bilateral ties and issues concerning world. He stated that India is looking at an open, inclusive and balanced Indo-Pacific region. Furr, he also co-chaired 6th Joint Ministerial Commission with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan and reviewed whole range of bilateral issues.

During his visit, S Jaishankar also met Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. 

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During his visit, Jaishankar attended India-Singapore Business & Invation Summit. He also expressed India’s reservations on joining proposed mega free tre agreement Regional Comprehensive Ecomic Partnership (RCEP) as it is concerned over “protectionist policies” of China that have created a significant tre deficit between two nations. RCEP  Regional Comprehensive Ecomic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed mega free tre agreement being negotiated among 16 countries including 10-nation ASEAN bloc (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and its six tring partners — India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

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(With PTI Inputs)