I mentioned just now that in fact for 33 years, we have had a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the United States use of our facilities, both naval and aviation. We also signed the Artemis Accords last year – that is another whole new frontier for collaboration. We are also working in other areas like cybersecurity, all the more pertinent now with the challenges that we are facing. Watch this space, there is a lot happening. You have just mentioned the updated United States-Singapore Climate Partnership, and this will focus on collaboration in five areas, including regional energy transition in Southeast Asia, and low and zero emission solutions. We are also expanding into new frontiers. We are in that special category which is defined as a Major Security Cooperation Partner of the United States. On the bilateral front, everyone knows that we have got a very robust economic relationship. We also covered a range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Even now as we go through challenging times, I think we need to reaffirm the importance of such a system. We first reaffirmed the excellent, long-standing, close, stable relationship between the United States and Singapore, and I should add, our shared commitment to a rules-based international order, and the fact that it was the United States seven, eight decades ago, which envisioned, underwrote and supported this rules-based international order. Foreign Service Administration Specialist.Foreign Service Officer (Political and Economic).Foreign Service Officer (Functional and Corporate).
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