SINGAPORE: French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Singapore on Thursday (Might 29) for a two-day state go to.
The go to will commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations between Singapore and France, the Ministry of International Affairs (MFA) mentioned in a press release.
This would be the third and remaining cease of his Southeast Asia tour, which earlier noticed him go to Vietnam and Indonesia.
Throughout his go to, the French president shall be acquired in a welcome ceremony at Parliament Home on Friday, and meet with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. A state banquet will happen in honour of Mr Macron and his spouse, Mrs Brigitte Macron.
Mr Macron may also meet Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong on Friday, the place the 2 will witness the trade of a number of memorandums of understanding that embrace cooperation in areas akin to defence and safety, authorized issues, synthetic intelligence and transport, amongst others.
Forward of those engagements, Mr Wong will host a dinner on Thursday to welcome the French president.
Throughout a gathering in April 2024, Mr Wong and Mr Macron agreed to proceed working in the direction of upgrading the connection between Singapore and France to a Complete Strategic Partnership (CSP).
In a press release on the time, MFA mentioned: “The improve to a CSP displays the multifaceted cooperation between each nations and the joint want to develop a forward-looking framework for cooperation in new sectors just like the digital financial system.”
Whereas in Singapore, Mr Macron may also ship the keynote speech on the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s largest discussion board on safety and defence.
Mr and Mrs Macron shall be accompanied by France’s Minister for the Economic system, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Eric Lombard, Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, Minister for Europe and International Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, Minister of Tradition Rachida Dati, Minister Delegate for AI and Digital Affairs Clara Chappaz, and several other senior French officers.
Throughout Mr Macron’s first formal go to to Vietnam, France and Vietnam signed deals for 20 Airbus planes and cooperation on nuclear vitality, amongst different pacts.
On his journey to Indonesia after, France and Indonesia signed a preliminary agreement that would result in new orders of French army gear akin to Rafale fighter jets and Scorpene submarines.
