{"id":68727,"date":"2026-07-15T01:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68727"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:19:45","slug":"singapore-malaysia-reaffirm-need-to-deepen-cooperation-in-areas-including-food-security-and-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68727","title":{"rendered":"Singapore, Malaysia reaffirm need to &#8216;deepen cooperation&#8217; in areas including food security and energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim have reaffirmed the need to &#8220;deepen cooperation&#8221; in issues of shared interest, including food security and energy, said Singapore&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Tuesday (Jul 14).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharman, who is currently on a state visit to Malaysia, met Mr Anwar on Monday, during which they exchanged views on geopolitical developments, including the Middle East situation, said MFA.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders also reaffirmed the importance of upholding international law, especially the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea &#8211; an international treaty governing the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of oceans &#8211; as well as safeguarding the freedom of navigation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharman also met with Malaysia&#8217;s King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar on Monday, where they discussed forging deeper cooperation in areas such as renewable energy and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Mr Tharman visited the city of Shah Alam, where he met with various leaders, including Sultan of Selangor Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Selangor<span> chief minister Amirudin Shari<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During these engagements, the two sides discussed potential areas of collaboration including in technical and vocational education, climate adaptation and flood mitigation, and the growth of start-ups,&#8221; said MFA, adding that Mr Tharman also welcomed more exchanges between Singapore and Selangor.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, the Selangor Royal Office noted the state&#8217;s flood challenges, saying it could learn from Singapore&#8217;s use of flood mitigation technology, river cleaning methods and sustainable environmental development.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharman later attended a dinner hosted by the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, where he engaged leaders in the economic and finance sectors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Tharman\u2019s address touched on the challenges of a post-unipolar world. He spoke of the need to keep up links with the major powers even as we strengthen bridges with other regions,&#8221; said MFA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He also spoke of the need to reform multilateralism, while stepping up the pace of ASEAN integration and bilateral cooperation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharman will have a breakfast roundtable with business leaders on Wednesday, before departing Malaysia in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/singapore-malaysia-tharman-anwar-meeting-cooperation-food-security-energy-6253776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim have reaffirmed the need to &#8220;deepen cooperation&#8221; in issues of shared interest, including food security&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--5dpBQW4q--\/c_crop,h_554,w_985,x_1,y_3\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/07\/14\/anwar_ibrahim_tharman_shanmugaratnam.jpg?itok=GuDpIq-8","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1625,3729,17432,300,108,4076,4349,15001,1890,22],"class_list":["post-68727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-areas","tag-cooperation","tag-deepen","tag-energy","tag-food","tag-including","tag-malaysia","tag-reaffirm","tag-security","tag-singapore","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68727","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=68727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}