14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue

On August 28, 2020, the India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue was held in video conference. The countries agreed to discuss number of issues of bilateral defence engagements. They agreed to enhance the security partnership.

The HADR agreement was signed between the countries during the dialogue. HADR is Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.

Defence Cooperation

India and Singapore began their annual naval combat exercise called the SIMBEX in 1994. In 2003, the countries signed an agreement that allowed the Singapore army to conduct training on Indian soil. In 2015, the countries signed agreement for strategic relationship in security, military, intelligence cooperation, political exchanges, cooperation in multilateral forums, and to improve air connectivity.

In 2017, the countries signed a naval cooperation that aimed to boost maritime security, mutual logistics and joint exercises. This agreement also permits ships of navy to restock, refuel, and rearm at each other military bases.

In 2018, the countries signed a bilateral agreement that gave Indian Navy ships access to Changi Naval Base of Singapore.

Supports

India supports Singapore to become a permanent member in the United Nations Security council and also to expand its role in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Singapore supports India in its conflict against Pakistan.

Cold War

During the cold war era, Singapore was allied with NATO. On the other hand, India joined Non-Aligned Movement as a founding member.

India-Singapore

As a first step towards internationalization of BHIM UPI, the application was first launched in Singapore. In other words, Singapore was the first country where the application was launched outside India.

Bold Kurukshetra is a joint military exercise of India that aims at developing military technology.

It is important for India to establish strong diplomatic ties with Singapore for its strategic location. Also, the Tamilians from India contribute to a major part of Singaporean citizens. The official languages of Singapore are Tamil, Chinese, Malay, English.


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