Singapore (VNA) – Singapore and Japan have upgraded their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership, with deeper cooperation planned in a wide range of areas, from artificial intelligence to green transition.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced the upgrade on March 18, in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.
The strategic partnership will deepen the foundations of the substantive and multifaceted relationship between both countries, and expand cooperation in five forward-looking areas, said a joint statement issued after both leaders and their delegations met at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo as reported by The Straits Times.
These areas are promoting free trade and economic cooperation; digitalisation and technology; security and defence; green transition and energy cooperation; and partnership and exchanges.
Among the new agreements was the establishment of an information and communications technology policy dialogue between Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information and its Japanese counterpart. This will allow both sides to explore cooperation in the digital fields, including digital infrastructure development, said the statement.
The two sides also agreed to deepen their partnership in AI to build a safe, secure and trustworthy AI ecosystem. This includes areas such as AI safety and governance, as well as AI models that respect local languages and cultures.
The two countries will also promote research cooperation to advance cutting-edge fields such as AI, quantum, future communications and next-generation semiconductors./.
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