Singapore urges China to restore flights, connections to pre-Covid-19 levels


Balakrishnan meeting his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang in Beijing on Feb 20, 2023. - MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Now that both Singapore and China have emerged from the shadows of Covid-19, priorities are to quickly restore life, business and exchanges to what they were before, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has told his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang.

In their first meeting since Qin was promoted from ambassador to the United States to lead the Chinese Foreign Ministry in December, Dr Balakrishnan stressed Singapore’s desire to see flights and other connections return to how they were in pre-Covid-19 times.

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