SINGAPORE: During the question and answer portion at a forum this week, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was asked to elaborate on his statement that Singapore’s “policy is neither pro-US nor pro-China.”
said Mr Wong at the Nikkei Forum 28th Future of Asia: “Leveraging Asia’s power to confront global challenges” on Thursday . And while acknowledging that “it is quite clear we are entering a more dangerous and troubled world” for which there are no easy solutions, he underlined that there are “reasons for optimism.”
DPM Wong was then asked about Singapore’s neither pro-US nor pro-China policy, with the United States asking ASEAN “to choose either democracy or autocracy.”Singapore has not been invited to the US-hosted Democracy Summit for two successive years“Singapore does not choose countries,” Mr Wong replied, adding, “We chose principles and one key principle is that of territorial integrity and sovereignty… Over the years, Singapore has consistently chosen and adhered to this fundamental principle.
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