My first official overseas trip as foreign minister, was to attend the 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Bali. The weather was wonderful, but there was no time to enjoy the beautiful resort our Indonesian host, hosted us in.
Besides working on the Joint Statement of the NAM Meeting, I was grateful for the opportunity, to meet my counter-parts from neighbouring countries including Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, Bruneian Foreign Minister Prince Bolkiah and Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya. They were all highly personable and distinguish statesmen. They are our friends.We live in a truly diverse and rich regional environment.
Singapore has a role to play in the region and also on many world issues. There is much that Singapore can contribute, to this process.
If you have any suggestions about what you would like to see in our foreign policy, please leave a comment!
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ReplyDeleteI hope we could warm out ties with Myanmar a little more so that our Visas would be more readily accepted to help the kids there in education - school building.