(AseanAll) — Singapore Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong paid an Official Visit to India from 2 to 4 September 2025.
On 4 September 2025, Lawrence Wong met Indian 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. Lawrence 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.
The Prime Ministers adopted the Roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between Singapore and India (at Annex A). 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 (details at Annex B), and virtually inaugurated Phase 2 of PSA Mumbai (Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal) (details of PSA Mumbai at Annex C). Prime Minister Modi also hosted a Banquet Lunch in Prime Minister Wong’s honour.
Earlier in the visit, Lawrence Wong visited the Raj Ghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, received calls by Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, and Minister of External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Lawrence 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.
Lawrence Wong also called on President of the Republic of India Droupadi Murmu on the afternoon of September 4.
He also received separate calls by Indian Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on September 4.
