India and Singapore on Tuesday signed three agreements, including two in the area of skill development, following delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore Premier Lee Hsien Loong, now on visit to Delhi.
“Strengthening a Strategic Partnership. The two leaders witness the signing of 3 agreements in skill development and industrial property,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.S These pacts include – collaboration in technical and vocational education and training between National Skill Development Corporation and Singapore’s ITEES and another between Government of Assam and ITEES, Singapore; also an agreement in industrial property cooperation between Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion and Singapore’s Intellectual Property Office.
The Finance Dialogue will be co-chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Dy PM of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, aimed at strengthening of bilateral trade and economic ties and to find, as the Singapore PM termed it, “win-win outcomes” for both sides.