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Official Visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Motegi Toshimitsu, 12 to 14 August 2020

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13 August 2020

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Motegi Toshimitsu, who is in Singapore for an official visit from 12 to 14 August 2020, called on and was hosted to lunch by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivi...

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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Motegi Toshimitsu, who is in Singapore for an official visit from 12 to 14 August 2020, called on and was hosted to lunch by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan today. He also paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana.

Both Foreign Ministers had a productive meeting and agreed to resume essential business travel, with the necessary public health safeguards, between Singapore and Japan. The ministers also had a good discussion on regional and international developments. They agreed on the importance of ensuring supply chain connectivity, modernising international trade rules for the digital economy, and forging partnerships to promote “vaccine multilateralism” amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Lee and Minister Motegi reaffirmed the close and longstanding relations between Singapore and Japan, and exchanged views on a range of regional and international issues. They discussed how the two countries can work together to promote greater economic integration in the region through the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Prime Minister Lee welcomed Japan’s continued engagement with ASEAN, and agreed that Singapore and Japan can further strengthen cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic such as the facilitation of cross-border essential business travel in a safe manner for both sides.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

13 AUGUST 2020

Caption: Call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan H.E. Motegi Toshimitsu at The Istana, Singapore, on Thursday, 13 August 2020.

Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore 

Caption: Call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan H.E. Motegi Toshimitsu at The Istana, Singapore, on Thursday, 13 August 2020.

Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore 


HE Motegi Toshimitsu wearing a face mask at a table with a microphone.

Caption: Call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan H.E. Motegi Toshimitsu at The Istana, Singapore, on Thursday, 13 August 2020.

Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore 

Caption: Call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan H.E. Motegi Toshimitsu at The Istana, Singapore, on Thursday, 13 August 2020.

Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore 

Caption: Official Visit of Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu to Singapore, 12 to 14 August 2020

Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Two masked people in suits sit in chairs, facing each other with plants and the Singapore crest behind.

Caption: Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu, 13 August 2020

Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Two men in suits with masks sit at a table with floral arrangement; third man seated.

Caption: Lunch hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan for Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu, 13 August 2020

Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

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