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‘Modi’s always had a special sentiment for Singapore’: Jaishankar

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Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said that the time is ripe to move to the next level of ties between India and Singapore.

Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says bilateral ties with Singapore have been extremely strong in the last two decades.

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SINGAPORE – Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says the time is ripe for India and Singapore to take their bilateral relationship to the next level. Here is the transcript from his interview with The Straits Times:

They have been extremely strong in the last two decades. But given the transformation under way in India and the changes in the world, clearly they need to become more contemporary. In many ways, that is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen to visit Singapore so early in his third term.

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