{"id":66355,"date":"2026-07-05T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66355"},"modified":"2026-07-05T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:42:00","slug":"pm-wong-to-visit-jakarta-for-the-singapore-indonesia-leaders-retreat-on-july-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66355","title":{"rendered":"PM Wong to visit Jakarta for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders\u2019 Retreat on July 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">JAKARTA \u2013 Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will travel to <!-- -->Jakarta<!-- --> on July 6 for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders\u2019 Retreat, where he and President Prabowo Subianto are expected to reaffirm ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The retreat, an annual meeting by both sides, will be hosted by President Prabowo and will be the leaders\u2019 second retreat, said the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) in a statement on July 5. The previous one was held in Singapore in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe Leaders\u2019 Retreat reaffirms the deep and enduring bilateral ties between Singapore and Indonesia, and the commitment by both governments to deepening bilateral cooperation,\u201d said the PMO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">At the meeting, the leaders are expected to discuss ways to strengthen collaboration in areas of mutual interest and benefit for Singapore and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The PMO said they will receive updates on bilateral projects undertaken since the last retreat. Both leaders will also exchange perspectives on regional and global developments, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The retreat comes as Singapore and Indonesia are expanding cooperation beyond traditional areas such as trade, investment and defence into sectors including the green economy, cross-border electricity trade, carbon capture and storage, artificial intelligence and digital connectivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The annual retreat is the highest-level bilateral platform between the two countries, bringing together the two leaders and senior ministers to review cooperation across a broad range of sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The last edition in Indonesia was in April 2024, when<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/pm-lee-president-jokowi-pledge-continuity-in-s-pore-indonesia-ties-at-their-final-leaders-retreat?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\"> then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met then President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Presidential Palace.<\/span><\/a> PM Wong, then deputy prime minister and finance minister, and President Prabowo, who was then president-elect, were both present.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In 2025, Singapore remained Indonesia\u2019s top source of foreign direct investment, with a contribution of US$17.4 billion (S$22.4 billion).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">PM Wong will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli and Minister for Manpower and Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tan See Leng.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">During PM Wong\u2019s absence, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam will be acting prime minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/pm-wong-to-visit-jakarta-for-the-singapore-indonesia-leaders-retreat-on-july-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAKARTA \u2013 Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will travel to Jakarta on July 6 for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders\u2019 Retreat, where he and President Prabowo Subianto are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}