The 2 international locations are working collectively in newer areas, together with unmanned applied sciences, which is able to profit the skilled improvement of each international locations’ armed forces, he added.
Singapore and New Zealand are strengthening cooperation in essential areas like healthcare and meals provide, stated Mr Wong.
MTI and New Zealand’s Ministry of International Affairs and Commerce signed an implementing association on the usage of digital certification for commerce in meals and first merchandise between the 2 international locations in February.
This can facilitate agri-food commerce between each international locations by streamlining certification processes, stated the Singapore Meals Company in a separate press launch on Monday.
The well being ministries of each international locations additionally signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation and partnership within the well being sector.
This consists of cooperation in areas reminiscent of main care, preparedness for infectious illness outbreaks and pandemics, provide chain resilience for healthcare provides, healthcare regulation and well being expertise evaluation, stated Singapore’s Ministry of Well being on Monday.
Past their bilateral ties, each international locations will work collectively on the broader stage, stated Mr Wong.
“Each international locations imagine in an open, rules-based worldwide system, particularly at a time when it’s below pressure,” he added.
As fellow founding members of the Way forward for Funding and Commerce Partnership, Singapore and New Zealand will push to maintain commerce open, guidelines clear and provide chains reliable, stated Mr Wong.
He additionally welcomed New Zealand’s upgrading of its relations with ASEAN to a complete strategic partnership.
Partnerships like this grow to be much more essential in these unsure instances,” stated Mr Wong.
“We could also be small international locations, not less than when it comes to inhabitants. However we’ve company. And once we work along with readability, with objective, and with belief, we will form outcomes collectively, flip challenges into alternatives and produce advantages to our peoples.”
