Singapore looks forward to sustained cooperation and engagement with India

Singapore looks forward to a period of sustained cooperation and engagement with India as there are tremendous opportunities for growth and development for both countries, the city state's Senior Minister of State Dr Janil Puthucheary said.

The minister was addressing the media at the Singapore launch of a book titled "Seven Decades of Independent India: Ideas and Reflections" yesterday.

The book has been co-authored by Vinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India and currently a distinguished visiting research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), and Dr Amitendu Palit, senior research fellow and research lead, ISAS.

"We anticipate, and we support an economically robust India," the Senior Minister of State in the Communications, Information and Transport said, adding, "There are tremendous opportunities for growth and development for both countries."