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New strategic partnership in store for Singapore and Australia

SINGAPORE – A 10-year roadmap to further enhance and deepen the Singapore-Australia partnership was agreed upon on Friday (Aug 22), at the Eighth Meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee.

SINGAPORE – A 10-year roadmap to further enhance and deepen the Singapore-Australia partnership was agreed upon on Friday (Aug 22), at the Eighth Meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee.

Called Project 2025, the new comprehensive strategic partnership will see new levels of integration between the two countries across four sectors: economic, foreign affairs, defence and security, and people-to-people fields.

Officials have been tasked to prepare a bilateral joint declaration that will be signed between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott in 2015. This will also mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Australia.

Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb, and Assistant Minister for Defence Stuart Robert attended the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee.

Singapore was represented by Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

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