Singapore, Japan key partners to protect regional peace: Lee and Kishida

PM Lee Hsien Loong (left) meeting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. - Reuters

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his visiting Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong pledged to work together to preserve regional peace and stability at their summit on Thursday (May 26).

Lee, noting that ties with Japan form one of Singapore's most important bilateral relationships in Asia, said at the outset of their talks: "At a time of shifting strategic balance in Asia and major troubles in the world, especially in Ukraine recently, it is especially important for us to work together with each other bilaterally as well as in regional and international fora."