{"id":91229,"date":"2026-10-08T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91229"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:17:59","slug":"pm-wong-congratulates-new-lao-pm-saleumxay-kommasith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91229","title":{"rendered":"PM Wong congratulates new Lao PM Saleumxay Kommasith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Oct 7) congratulated Lao Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith on his appointment and invited him to make an official visit to Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mr Saleumxay was elected prime minister by Laos&#8217; National Assembly on Oct 5.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Mr Wong described Singapore-Laos relations as \u201cvery good and warm\u201d, as the two countries mark 25 years of development cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cBilateral cooperation has expanded substantially over the years, including in mutually beneficial initiatives such as the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project,\u201d Mr Wong said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>He added that the two countries are also cooperating in new areas, including carbon credits and combating transnational crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cSingapore has been a strong supporter of Laos\u2019 development through training courses organised by the Singapore Cooperation Programme and the Initiative for ASEAN Integration,\u201d Mr Wong said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cI look forward to working closely with you to take our bilateral relations forward,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/pm-wong-laos-saleumxay-kommasith-congratulates-6441416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Oct 7) congratulated Lao Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith on his appointment and invited him to make an official&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--1ovgXA_q--\/c_crop,h_1125,w_2000,x_0,y_1\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/10\/08\/000_3663267.jpg?itok=vhbA3CPY","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5891,31281,21318,31280,1209],"class_list":["post-91229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-congratulates","tag-kommasith","tag-lao","tag-saleumxay","tag-wong","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91229","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=91229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}