Singapore and China to renew defence agreement by end of this year to boost defence ties

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SINGAPORE — Singapore and China are expected to renew a bilateral defence agreement by the end of this year to deepen defence ties through increased military exercises, the Republic’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday (May 29).

 

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