Singapore and the United States have launched new cooperation in many fields in the past week, including the first key emerging technical dialogue meeting with space dialogue, and the beneficiaries of announced the training plan for the third country to further expand to the Pacific Island Forummember.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Huang Xuncai ended the visit to the United States on the afternoon of Friday (October 13) in the United States.He was interviewed with the group reporters before he returned to China.He emphasized that national defense and security have always been a key pillar of relations between Singapore and the United States, and they will continue to develop in the future, and the two countries will also cooperate in some new fields.
When he reviewed the visit to the United States, he said: "We have launched a conversation on key emerging technologies and studied how to do more work in external space exploration. We are also exploring the cooperation of green energy solutions, and we will provide technology to provide technologyAssistance objects have expanded from Southeast Asia to the Pacific Island. "
Huang Xuncai also said that the cooperation projects of the two countries are rich, and the profound strategic trust of each other is also the basis for continuing to build partnership in the next few years.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the same day, the issue of energy transformation was also discussed during Huang Xun's visit to the United States.Singapore is committed to It is currently exploring power of power .All possible options for the industry's decarburization, including low hydrocarbon and advanced geothermal power generation system, and the possibility of exploring the application of civil nuclear energy.The US Secretary of Agent New Lan expressed support for these efforts.
Huang Xuncai told the group reporters that the discussion of civil nuclear energy is still in the preliminary stage, but Singapore does not have much choice in alternative energy.
He said: "We have announced the hydrogen energy strategy and are carrying out this work, hoping to make us progress to green energy transformation, but we should not rule out other possibilities in the future. Especially in the field of nuclear energy fields, it has appeared in the field of nuclear energy.More advanced technology. "
Huang Xuncai emphasized that these studies have not made any decisions during the very preliminary exploration stage.The official hopes to start research at the new stage of this technology development. Do not exclude this choice prematurely and accumulate the ability in this area. This is one of the new specific areas of Singapore's consideration of cooperation with the United States.
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On the other hand, Huang Xuncai has been as the deputy prime minister in May and October this year.Visit China and the United States.When he answered the reporter's question about how Singapore was looking for the direction of the direction in geopolitical competition, the dynamics between China and the United States had changed, and both countries stated that they did not want to fight.
"The United States clearly states that they do not intend to decompose, but reduce risks. Although they will have fierce competition in some areas, they also hope to keep in contact in other respects, because both parties realize that they are in bilateral trade and investment in bilateral trade and investmentThere are many common interests. "
Huang Xuncai pointed out that if China and the United States can find differences and coexist in control to maintain cooperation, it will be the best scene.He believes that there are now signs that the two countries have developed in this direction, including officials began to contact each other, and different groups have begun to talk.
He also said that Singapore will do his best to promote the development of Sino -US relations in the range of power within his ability.
Huang Xuncai has ended his visit to the United States and returned to Singapore.