SINGAPORE: The Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany, who is in Singapore for a three-day farewell visit, called on the republic’s Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at the Parliament House.
During their meeting, Dr Ng thanked Mohd Reza for his contributions in maintaining strong ties between the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), said a statement by the republic’s Ministry of Defence (Mindef) here yesterday.
“They also discussed the importance of keeping lines of communication open,” said the ministry.
Mohd Reza, who will be in Singapore until today, also called on Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Melvyn Ong, and Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral (RADM) Aaron Beng, after inspecting a guard of honour at the Defence Ministry in the morning.
As part of his programme, Mohd Reza will visit RSS Singapura at Changi Naval Base this (Friday) morning, where he will be hosted aboard the Formidable class frigate, RSS Supreme.
Mohd Reza will also attend the opening ceremony of the 30th edition of Exercise Malapura, the flagship bilateral exercise between the RSN and RMN which will be conducted from Nov 4 to 14.
According to Mindef, Mohd Reza’s visit underscores the warm and long-standing bilateral defence relations between Singapore and Malaysia.
