Singapore is at ‘heart’ of India’s Act East Policy: Jaishankar

July 13, 2025

**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE** In this image posted by @DrSJaishankar via X on July 13, 2025, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a meeting with Chairman-designate of Temasek Holdings Teo Chee Hean, in Singapore. (@DrSJaishankar on X via PTI Photo)(PTI07_13_2025_000127B)

SINGAPORE, (PTI):- India will play an increasingly important role globally as the world “inexorably” transitions into multipolarity, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said after holding talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Sunday.

Jaishankar, who was in this city-state as part of his two-nation trip, also met President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.

Singapore is at the “heart” of India’s Act East Policy, Jaishankar said after his meeting with Balakrishnan. From Singapore, he travels to China.

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