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Qatar and Singapore signed a host of pacts as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong at The Istana presidential palace in the capital, Singapore, on Thursday.
At the outset of the meeting, the Prime Minister of Singapore greeted Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and his accompanying delegation, wishing them a pleasant stay, and expressed his hope that His Excellency’s visit would contribute to strengthening bilateral relations between Qatar and Singapore.
In turn, the PM expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Prime Minister of Singapore for the warm reception and hospitality, pointing out that Qatar and Singapore have several elements to consolidate the relations between the two countries and raise them to broader horizons, pointing to the importance of benefiting from the exchange of experiences between the two friendly countries and peoples.
During the meeting, views were exchanged on the key topics on the agenda of the 8th session of the joint supreme committee between Qatar and Singapore, in addition to discussing bilateral relations, and ways of developing and enhancing them in various fields, especially in the areas of trade, investment, education, social development, culture and tourism.
The two sides also discussed the most important regional and international developments of common interest.
The PM of Singapore hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the accompanying delegation.
And as an expression of the depth of cooperation between Qatar and Singapore, the Singaporean Prime Minister gifted the Prime Minister a Singaporean orchid, during the ceremony naming one of the famous types of flower bearing the names of a number of senior official guests after His Excellency. The PM was accorded an official reception ceremony upon his arrival at the Istana presidential palace in the capital, Singapore.
Later, the PM and the Singaporean PM witnessed the signing ceremony of a number of memoranda of understanding (MOU) and cooperation between the governments of the two countries.
The PM and his Singaporean PM witnessed the signing of an MoU for cooperation in the fields of social development and family between the governments of the two countries, the first executive programme for cooperation in the field of education, and an MoU between the Qatar Research Development and Innovation (QRDI) Council in the State of Qatar and the Public Utilities Board (PUB) in the Republic of Singapore.
They also witnessed the signing of an MoU on initiatives to digitize small and medium-sized companies and incubation programs, and an MoU between the Investment Promotion Agency (IPA Qatar) and Enterprise Singapore.
