Singapore and China foreign ministers discuss plans for travel bubble


BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): Travel between Singapore and China may soon resume if the two sides can work out a system to mutually recognise each other's health certification and exchange personal information.

Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan said he had spent a considerable amount of time discussing this with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi when the two met on Wednesday (March 31) in China's southern Fujian province at Beijing's invitation.

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