China an extremely important partner for SG: Shanmugam

• QX179R

  6 Feb 12, 19:59

  Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam, who is currently in the United States on a week-long introductory visit in his new capacity as Foreign Minister, will be visiting China from Thursday to Saturday. He will be accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the MFA said in a statement on Monday.

  He will meet his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and other Chinese leaders.

  'Singapore values its strong and substantive relations with China which have flourished through frequent high-level visits, strengthening economic linkages, extensive cooperation in many fields, and growing contacts between our peoples,' Mr Shanmugam said.

  'I look forward to discussing with the Chinese leaders ways to broaden and deepen areas of our cooperation, on bilateral matters as well as on regional and global issues of common concern,' he added.

  -- ST

• troublemaker2005

  7 Feb 12, 20:38

  polishing apple is their job. ours is to throw eggs

• the Bear

  7 Feb 12, 20:56

  it is... but it doesn't mean we have to prostitute our nation to them the same way some of their citizens prostitute themselves to the dirty old men

• Eelyn82

  8 Feb 12, 19:52

  I thought the US are more important allies?

• the Bear

  8 Feb 12, 19:55

  Originally posted by Eelyn82:

  I thought the US are more important allies?

  MIW will go where the money is...

  all that talk about ministerial wages already showed that... so they'll run the country the same way too