The 2 nations are working collectively in newer areas, together with unmanned applied sciences, which is able to profit the skilled growth of each nations’ armed forces, he added.
Singapore and New Zealand are strengthening cooperation in important 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 using digital certification for commerce in meals and first merchandise between the 2 nations in February.
It will facilitate agri-food commerce between each nations by streamlining certification processes, stated the Singapore Meals Company in a separate press launch on Monday.
The well being ministries of each nations additionally signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation and partnership within the well being sector.
This contains cooperation in areas similar to major care, preparedness for infectious illness outbreaks and pandemics, provide chain resilience for healthcare provides, healthcare regulation and well being know-how evaluation, stated Singapore’s Ministry of Well being on Monday.
Past their bilateral ties, each nations will work collectively on the broader stage, stated Mr Wong.
“Each nations consider in an open, rules-based worldwide system, particularly at a time when it’s beneath 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 turn out to be much more essential in these unsure occasions,” stated Mr Wong.
“We could also be small nations, no less than by way of inhabitants. However now we have company. And once we work along with readability, with objective, and with belief, we are able to form outcomes collectively, flip challenges into alternatives and produce advantages to our peoples.”
