World News | Taiwan, Singapore Resume Military Cooperation After Long Hiatus: Report

Taipei [Taiwan], December 18 (ANI): Taiwan and Singapore have resumed military cooperation following a long hiatus.

In October 2019, Taiwan and Singapore signed the "National Defense Exchange and Security Cooperation Agreement."

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However, as the pandemic raged on, and Singapore began engaging in exchanges with China's People's Liberation Army, Taiwan suspended military cooperation with the city-state, Taiwan News reported.

Singaporean army troops were stationed in barracks at a Taiwan Army base in Kaohsiung's Fengshan District earlier this week. They carried out parachute training on Monday at the Chaochou landing field in Pingtung County, per UDN.

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Singapore Army troops have conducted airborne training in Pingtung in the past.

Taiwan-Singapore military cooperation first began in 1975, when Premier Chiang Ching-kuo and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew signed an agreement to launch "Project Starlight." (ANI)

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