India and Singapore adopt roadmap for Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during PM Lawrence Wong's visit
Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Lawrence Wong held talks in New Delhi on 4 September 2025 and issued a Joint Statement on the Roadmap for the India–Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, in the 60th year of diplomatic ties.
Summary
Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong paid an official visit to India from 2 to 4 September 2025, and held wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 4 September, followed by the exchange of several MoUs. The two sides issued a Joint Statement on the Roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), building on the elevation of ties to a CSP during Modi's visit to Singapore in September 2024; 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The roadmap includes progress on initiating the Third Review of the India–Singapore CECA and a substantial review of the ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) in 2025, semiconductor cooperation, green hydrogen and ammonia, civil nuclear cooperation, and a framework under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The two countries will jointly develop a National Centre of Excellence on Advanced Manufacturing in Chennai, and cooperate in space between IN-SPACe and Singapore's Office for Space Technology & Industry.
Key facts
- Visit
- PM Lawrence Wong, 2–4 Sep 2025; talks on 4 Sep
- Document
- Joint Statement on Roadmap for the CSP
- CSP elevated
- September 2024 (Modi's visit to Singapore)
- Anniversary
- 60 years of diplomatic relations (2025)
- Trade
- Third Review of CECA; substantial AITIGA review in 2025
- Skills
- National Centre of Excellence on Advanced Manufacturing, Chennai
- Other areas
- Semiconductors, green hydrogen/ammonia, civil nuclear, Paris Agreement Art. 6.2, space
Practice MCQs 4 questions
Which Singaporean Prime Minister paid an official visit to India from 2 to 4 September 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Lawrence Wong
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong paid an official visit to India from 2 to 4 September 2025.
Under the India–Singapore CSP roadmap of September 2025, a National Centre of Excellence on Advanced Manufacturing is to be jointly developed in which city?
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Correct answer: C — Chennai
The two sides will jointly develop a National Centre of Excellence in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Advanced Manufacturing.
India–Singapore relations were elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during which visit?
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Correct answer: A — PM Modi's visit to Singapore in September 2024
The leaders recalled the agreement to elevate ties to a CSP during PM Modi's official visit to Singapore in September 2024.
Consider the following statements about the India–Singapore Joint Statement of 4 September 2025: 1. 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. 2. The two sides agreed to work towards a cooperation framework under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
The Joint Statement notes the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and commits to work towards a bilateral cooperation framework under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. Both statements are correct.