Interview with Reuters on the Iran War and Geopolitical Shifts

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s Interview with Reuters Global Managing Editor for World News Mark Bendeich, 23 March 2026

Mark Bendeich (Reuters): We are going to start off with, obviously, the Iran war. I wanted to ask you, for those investors and businesses who are deciding now to leave Dubai, what would you say to them about Singapore, at the moment, as a destination for investment and capital?

Remarks at Singapore Institute of International Affairs Year Opener - Outlook 2025

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s Remarks at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs Year Opener “Outlook 2025 – Singapore at 60 and The Road Ahead”, 24 January 2025

Associate Professor Simon Tay, Patricia Quek, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

1 It is a pleasure to be here. 2025 is a significant year. For Singapore, [it is] SG60. It is also 80 years since the end of the Second World War. So I think this is an opportune time for us to ask three sets of fundamental questions.

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Interview with Reuters on the Iran War and Geopolitical Shifts

Remarks at Singapore Institute of International Affairs Year Opener - Outlook 2025