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    530 : India-Singapore Defence Agreement: A New Phase in Partnership

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    4 December 2017

    The new agreement for naval cooperation between India and Singapore, signed at the end of November 2017 in New Delhi, India, marks an important milestone in the evolution of strategic partnership between the two countries. It also heralds more expansive defence cooperation between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a whole, and would help contribute to the maintenance of peace and security at the heart of the Indo-Pacific.