Strengthening ties: Abbott signing a guest book as he attends an orchid naming ceremony marking the relationship between the two countries, during a visit to the National Orchid Garden at the Botanic Gardens in Singapore. — AFP
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott marked 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries by witnessing the adoption of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that will bring about new levels of cooperation and exchanges in defence, the economy, foreign affairs, and arts and culture.
The accord, signed at a ceremony at the Istana yesterday, paves the way for increased intelligence sharing to combat terrorism, more access to military training areas in Australia, and collaboration on fighting cybercrime.
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