Singapore Prime Minister begins 3-day visit to India

NEW DELHI

Continuing the celebratory activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Singapore, Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister of the city-state, arrived here on Tuesday (September 2, 2025).

The External Affairs Ministry said the visit would provide an opportunity to review the “robust” relation between India and Singapore.

During the three-day visit, Mr. Wong will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the two leaders will inaugurate Phase 2 of PSA Mumbai (Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal).

Mr. Modi visited Singapore in September 2024, when the two sides agreed to upgrade the partnership to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The visit by Mr. Wong will be observed keenly as it is one of the major incoming visits by a head of government after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on India.

Mr. Wong will hold a closed-door meeting with Indian business leaders. He will also meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The celebratory events to mark the important diplomatic calendar started in January with the State visit by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

Mr. Wong is being accompanied by Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Acting Minister for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Finance Jeffrey Siow, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang.

The visit by Mr. Wong comes weeks after the two sides held the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) here on August 13. The ISMR, which saw participation by multiple Ministers from both sides, firmed up the agenda of the visit of the Prime Minister of Singapore.

The ISMR was structured along six pillars — advanced manufacturing, connectivity, digitisation, healthcare and medicine, skill development and sustainability — that gave a hint of the programme that Mr. Wong would follow during his visit.

The Hindu had reported that at least 10 agreements are under discussion between the two sides that may be sealed during the visit.

The focus of the visit is likely to be on further strengthening Singapore’s cooperation with India in the fields of semiconductors, capacity-building, skills development, and infrastructure building. Singapore is exploring options for building green energy ports and discussions are likely to take place on the export of green energy from India to Singapore.

The two sides are also expected to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where a civil discord continues to affect prospects of connectivity between India and southeast Asia, including Singapore and Thailand.