SINGAPORE, March 11 – Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, K Shanmugam (pic), will visit the US beginning Tuesday to March 15.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that during the visit, Shanmugam will meet with his counterparts US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Attorney General Eric Holder.
Shanmugam will also meet several key members of the US Congress, seniorAdministration officials, prominent American strategic thinkers, and members of the media.
This is Shanmugam’s first meeting with Kerry since his appointment as Secretary of State, although they have met before when then-Senator Kerry was the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Singapore and the US enjoy deep and long-standing relations, and Shanmugam and Secretary Kerry and Attorney General Holder will discuss ways to broaden and deepen bilateral cooperation further.
This will include joint training programmes for Southeast Asian countries through the Singapore-US Third Country Training Programme (TCTP).
Discussions are also expected to cover regional and international developments, particularly the US’ continued strong engagement of Asia, the Asean-US relationship, and the ongoing negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
Shanmugam will be accompanied by officials from the MFA.
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