Overview
- Leaders set five priority areas for deeper cooperation: free trade and economic ties, digitalisation and technology, security and defence, green transition and energy, plus people‑to‑people exchanges.
- The governments will start an ICT policy dialogue to explore digital cooperation, deepen AI safety and governance work, and pursue research in AI, quantum, future communications and next‑generation semiconductors.
- An Energy, Sustainability and Climate Cooperation Framework will coordinate efforts on cross‑border electricity, low‑carbon hydrogen or ammonia, civil nuclear considerations and liquefied natural gas.
- Each side will recognise the other’s smart‑device security labels from June 1, streamlining market access and boosting consumer confidence in connected products.
- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Singapore remembers the wartime past yet will not be trapped by history, backing expanded security cooperation and urging clearer articulation of historical positions to strengthen regional trust.