SINGAPORE: Global cooperation is essential in resolving the COVID-19 pandemic and reviving the global economy, as well as tackling longer-term challenges such as climate change, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday .
"Such international cooperation and multilateral efforts remain essential to tackle the global pandemic coherently," he said.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at the World Economic Forum Davos Agenda Week on Jan 29, 2021. Mr Lee also pointed out that the world must not lose sight of other long-term challenges, such as climate change which is"clearly accelerating dangerously".
READ: Despite ‘exceptionally testing’ COVID-19 year, Singapore can see light at the end of the tunnel: PM LeeBut getting countries to collaborate is"not simply a matter of nurturing and showing goodwill", said Mr Lee, while noting that"the international order must be underpinned by stable great power relations".
But it"cannot possibly be too late" for the US and China to reset the tone of their interactions, he added. "What used to work is no longer politically wearable in many countries. Adjustments have to be made, concessions made to China when it was small … have to be reconsidered and recalibrated," he said.
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