External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in March
Credit: PTI photo
Singapore: The second India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable will be held here on Monday to discuss bilateral cooperation and exchange views on issues of mutual interests, the foreign ministry said.
The first edition of the roundtable was held in Delhi in October 2022.
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong will lead his country's delegation.
Besides Yong, the Singaporean delegation comprises Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam, Minister for Digital Development and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Dr Tan See Leng, and Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance Chee Hong Tat.
The delegation from India will comprise Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Railways, Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw, an official statement said.
Besides attending the ISMR, the Indian ministers will be hosted to lunch by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The Indian delegation will then call on Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong.