Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay an official visit to Singapore on June 2, marking his first official trip to the Southeast Asian city-state since taking office, according to the Foreign Ministry.
During the visit, Fidan is expected to be received by Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and hold separate meetings with Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister for Home Affairs and Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam.
The Turkish foreign minister is also scheduled to deliver a speech at the prestigious Raffles Lectures event organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he is expected to outline Türkiye’s foreign policy priorities and regional outlook.
According to ministry sources, discussions will focus on expanding bilateral trade and investment ties, strengthening defense and defense industry cooperation, and addressing regional and global developments.
Fidan is expected to emphasize the importance of increasing trade volume under the framework of the Türkiye-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 2017. The agreement, signed in 2015, is considered one of Türkiye’s most comprehensive trade deals, covering goods, services, investments and government procurement.
