SINGAPORE (Xinhua): China is willing to join hands with Singapore and other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to promote regional as well as global peace, stability, development and prosperity, said Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Yang here at the Istana on Thursday (Aug 20). Lee emphasised that the Covid-19 pandemic requires more than ever that countries work together and communicate with each other rationally.