Singapore welcomes Japan’s efforts to help Asia become greener: PM Lee

PM Lee Hsien Loong and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the Asia Zero Emission Community Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on Dec 18. - PHOTO: MCI via The Straits Times/ANN

TOKYO: Singapore is fully behind Japan’s efforts to include sustainability issues as part of its diplomacy, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Dec 18.

Speaking to the Singapore media at the end of his visit to Tokyo, PM Lee described the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community (Azec) initiative as a “footprint of countries” it wants to cooperate with on green issues.