Prime Ministers Lawrence Wong and Narendra Modi met in New Delhi to deepen bilateral cooperation across key sectors during Wong’s official visit to India.
INDIA, 4 September 2025 – Prime Minister Wong met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The leaders welcomed the strong progress in bilateral cooperation following Prime Minister Modi’s Official Visit to Singapore in September 2024 and the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable in August 2025.
The Prime Ministers discussed ways to enhance cooperation in forward-looking areas such as sustainability, digitalisation, connectivity, skills development, advanced manufacturing and semiconductors, space, and biotechnology. Prime Minister Wong encouraged both sides to strengthen cross-border data flows and capital markets collaboration. The Prime Ministers reaffirmed the importance of strengthening people-to-people exchanges, including between our civil services, through scholarships and study visits.
They also exchanged views on regional and international developments, including the need to promote economic integration, strengthen multilateralism and ASEAN-India relations, and uphold the rules-based international order.
Prime Minister Wong and Prime Minister Modi adopted the Roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between Singapore and India. The CSP will set the vision and direction for the next phase of bilateral relations and deepen cooperation in the areas of: (a) Economic Cooperation; (b) Skills Development; (c) Digitalisation; (d) Sustainability; (e) Connectivity; (f) Healthcare and Medicine; (g) People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges; and (h) Defence and Security Cooperation. Both leaders agreed that these areas were critical for addressing shared challenges and securing long-term resilience in an increasingly complex global environment.
Following their meeting, the Prime Ministers held a Joint Press Conference. They witnessed the exchange of the CSP Roadmap as well as five Memoranda of Understanding, and virtually inaugurated Phase 2 of PSA Mumbai (Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal). Prime Minister Modi also hosted a Banquet Lunch in Prime Minister Wong’s honour.
Earlier in the visit, Prime Minister Wong visited the Raj Ghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, received calls from Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, and Minister of External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Prime Minister Wong also engaged Indian business leaders at a roundtable event and met overseas Singaporeans in New Delhi at a reception to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Singapore-India diplomatic relations and Singapore’s 60th year of independence.
Prime Minister Wong further met President Droupadi Murmu, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval before departing for Singapore at the conclusion of his visit.
Source: MFA
