Vivian Balakrishnan

Vivian discusses Gaza peace efforts in meetings with Israeli leaders

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Nov 6.
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Real negotiations, reconciliation and commitment are needed to resolve Middle East conflict: Vivian

Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (centre) with MPs Hazlina Halim (left) and Yip Hon Weng speaking to the media on Nov 6.

Singapore invites Palestinian PM to visit, pledges more support for Gaza rebuilding

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan handing over a formal invitation for the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa to visit Singapore on Nov 4, 2025.

Singapore donates $652,000 to World Food Programme for humanitarian aid in Gaza

(From right) Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan; Singapore’s Representative to the Palestinian Authority Hawazi Daipi; Ms Jane Waite, Head of Programmes of World Food Programme for Palestine; and Palestinian Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian at the cheque handover ceremony in Ramallah on Nov 4.

Vivian Balakrishnan on working visit to Middle East

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan’s trip follows the recent implementation of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

‘Foreign policy now has domestic salience’: Vivian Balakrishnan on a decade of representing Singapore

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is one of Singapore’s longest-serving foreign ministers.

NUS Yusof Ishak House reopens as sustainable hub for students to gather and collaborate

The university aims for it to be a net-zero energy building that better serves students’ needs.

S’pore to increase humanitarian aid, engagement with Palestinian Authority after peace plan

Egyptian Red Crescent volunteers in Cairo packing aid from the Singapore Red Cross to deliver to Palestinians in September.

UN-likely saviours: Small states to the rescue as the mighty undermine UN

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept 27.

NUS scientists gear up for high seas expedition to explore Indian Ocean seamount biodiversity

NUS researchers testing out a special system of “traps within a trap” for the expedition.

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