Mr Wong will meet Cabinet secretaries and senior officials from the Biden administration in Washington DC.
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaking at the administrative service's appointment and promotion ceremony on Mar 28, 2023.SINGAPORE: Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit Arizona, New York and Washington DC during an 11-day working trip to the United States from Thursday , the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Mr Wong will visit the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s longest-running overseas detachment – Peace Carvin II – in Arizona. It is an F-16 fighter training detachment at Luke Air Force Base. Enterprise Singapore also has Global Innovation Alliance nodes in cities including San Francisco, London, Berlin, Seoul and Bangkok.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies will host Mr Wong for a dialogue session on Oct 13, as part of its ASEAN Leadership Forum. The session will be livestreamed on the CSIS website.
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