Their meeting comes after the Chinese embassy took issue with local media linking cyberthreat group UNC3886 to China last month

Cao added on his Facebook page on Thursday that he and Shanmugam, who is also Singapore’s home affairs minister, had discussed “law enforcement and security cooperation”.

“Taking the 35th anniversary of our diplomatic ties as an opportunity, I look forward to strengthening our practical cooperation in various fields, and making new progress in our all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership,” the ambassador said.

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