MFA Press Statement on the Official Visit by United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (17 Nov 2012)

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is on an Official Visit to Singapore from 16 to 18 November 2012, was hosted to breakfast by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 17 November 2012.

Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Grace Fu and Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport Josephine Teo were also present.

During the breakfast, PM Lee affirmed the warm bilateral relations and welcomed the continued commitment by the Obama Administration to engage the region. In this regard, PM expressed appreciation for Secretary Clinton’s important role in ensuring the sustained and broad-based US engagement of the region, including in the economic sphere. Both sides also exchanged views on international and regional developments, including initiatives for closer US-ASEAN cooperation and the agenda of the upcoming East Asia Summit.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
17 NOVEMBER 2012