SINGAPORE: Australia and Singapore on Sunday reaffirmed their"close and long-standing" bilateral defence relationship, and discussed enhancing cooperation under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, said Singapore's Ministry of Defence in a statement.19th Shangri-La Dialogue
Mr Marles, who is also Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday at the Istana, and was hosted to dinner by Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Sunday. During the dinner on Sunday, Mr Marles and Dr Ng expressed continued emphasis on the joint development of training areas and advanced training facilities in an expanded Shoalwater Bay Training Area and a new Greenvale Training Area in Queensland, Australia.
"These facilities being developed under the 2020 Treaty on Military Training and Training Area Development will benefit both Armed Forces, through an increase in training capacity and more sophisticated training opportunities," said MINDEF.
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