BEIJING, Aug. 19 -- Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun met with the Permanent Secretary of Singaporean Defense Ministry Chan Heng Kee in Beijing on Tuesday.
Admiral Dong Jun said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Singapore 35 years ago, the traditional friendship between the two countries has witnessed continuous consolidation and fruitful cooperation results. The new situation endows China-Singapore friendship with new connotations and new space for cooperation. The defense departments of the two countries should implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, maintain regular exchanges at all levels and in all fields, and contribute to opening up new development prospects for bilateral relations. China is willing to work with Singapore to implement the vision of a community with a shared future for humanity and the Three Global Initiatives, strengthen coordination and cooperation on regional and multilateral platforms, firmly support each other's core interests and major concerns, and jointly maintain international and regional peace and stability.
Chan Heng Kee said that Singapore and China share all-around friendly relationship and the defense cooperation is an important pillar of bilateral relationship. Singapore is firmly committed to enhancing defense cooperation with China and is willing to continuously maintain close high-level exchanges with China, and expand and deepen joint exercises and training, communication between military academies, as well as multilateral cooperation, so as to promote the mil-to-mil relations between the two countries to achieve greater development. The Singaporean side adheres to the one-China policy.