Singapore's high commissioner to India Simon Wong has said that the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his country has given a "turbo boosting" of ties. The Indian PM was on a visit to Singapore earlier this month, a visit that came after a gap of over 5 years.

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Speaking to our assistant foreign affairs editor Sidhant Sibal, pointed to cooperation in Semiconductor sectors. High Commissioner Wong said, "We feel that even as a small country, we can work very, very closely with India on its semiconductor journey, because this journey is not a one, two year process. Is going to be a long drawn, 10 year process to grow". Remember a key pact was signed on Semiconductors in developing capacity building during the visit.

He highlighted Singapore's investment plan of over $45 billion in the next few years in India. He also spoke on India China ties, quad, RCEP etc.