Singapore is trying to companion with New Delhi to develop upkeep, restore and overhauling (MRO) capabilities in civil aviation in India, mentioned the Ministry of Exterior Affairs Secretary (East) P Kumaran. Whereas addressing the particular briefing on the official go to of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to India, he mentioned, “Civil aviation, sure. There are a number of parts that go into civil aviation cooperation, together with rising connectivity, the variety of flights and locations and so forth.
There may be additionally a suggestion that upkeep, restore and overhauling (MRO) is a serious space of collaboration. Additional, the MEA secretary famous that Singapore has very “good expertise and experience within the space of MRO. And due to this fact, it’s a really promising space for us to collaborate.” “Singapore needs to spend money on MRO amenities in India and assist develop capability in India,” he added. SIA Engineering Firm Restricted, a Singaporean firm specialising in plane, is trying to companion with India’s Tata group within the MRO sector, Kumaran mentioned.
“SIA Engineering is an organization in Singapore. They need to companion with the Tata’s since Singapore Airways has invested in Air India to the extent of 25 per cent. So it is sensible for them to collaborate within the space of MRO with Tata’s and likewise to assist develop capability in India, and to make use of the land availability in India to arrange MRO amenities. So broadly, these are the areas the place we collaborate,” he mentioned.
Earlier, he mentioned each nations have signed 5 key Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) throughout Singaporean Prime Minister Wong’s go to to India. “5 MoUs have been concluded in vital fields. These embrace cooperation on a inexperienced and digital transport hall, selling collaboration within the house sector, cooperation in coaching and R&D within the discipline of civil aviation, cooperation in digital asset innovation and institution of a nationwide centre of excellence for skilling in superior manufacturing in Chennai,” the MEA official mentioned.
Final yr, each nations exchanged an MOU on semiconductor ecosystem partnership through the go to of PM Modi to Singapore. ”Beneath this MOU, we have now arrange a bilateral semiconductor coverage dialogue, and either side are engaged on investments, business-to-business connections, skilling and R&D to advertise the semiconductor ecosystem in India, thus making it a really promising space of cooperation within the coming years,” MEA secy affirmed.
”The MOU concluded on the inexperienced and digital transport hall will facilitate collaboration on zero-emission gas provide chains, and our maritime industries stand to learn from this settlement… We additionally exchanged the MOU on digital asset innovation at the moment, which is able to assist foster cooperation between RBI on our aspect and the Financial Authority of Singapore, within the digital house, together with central financial institution digital currencies… ISRO has launched 18 Singaporean satellites up to now, and with the MOU exchanged at the moment, we shall be working for additional collaboration within the areas of house know-how and house startups,” he added.
Underscoring the significance of enhancing regional connectivity and port infrastructure to facilitate commerce and financial development, the “two Prime Ministers collectively nearly inaugurated the phase-two growth of the Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal, BMCT, at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, JNP, Maharashtra,” MEA famous. ”This challenge, developed on a DBFOT foundation, is operated by PSA Worldwide of Singapore. Completion of this part has doubled PSA’s terminal capability to 4.8 million TEUs yearly, establishing it as India’s largest single container terminal and thus making JNP the biggest container port within the nation,” the Ministry added.
When requested, if US President, Donald Trump’s tariffs was mentioned throughout Wong and PM Modi’s meet, Secretary (East) mentioned, “There was no dialogue on it, apart from the broad international uncertainty and the necessity for all of us to diversify our commerce and funding relationships, and discover as many preferential commerce agreements or free commerce agreements as attainable to diversify our provide chains and make them extra resilient…”Additional, MEA additionally mentioned that there was “no dialogue on Myanmar elections. It was not a topic that was raised by both aspect.”
Revealed on September 5, 2025