Mr Tharman also added that both countries share a history of coming together in difficult circumstances, and have continued to build on their relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have also had important issues to resolve from time to time \u2013 issues that reflect the very interdependence of the two countries. But we have not let these issues affect our ability to work on positive and new areas of cooperation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat basic orientation, of focusing always on the larger goal of growing together and expanding our shared interests, has made ours a robust relationship \u2013 in fact a bit of a rarity in today\u2019s world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Noting that many Singaporean families have histories and continuing ties across the border, Mr Tharman said that the many Malaysians and Singaporeans who work and live in each other\u2019s countries represent the natural interconnection among the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is this enduring sense of kinship and partnership that gives us added confidence as we navigate an increasingly divided world, knowing we can rely on one another,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr Tharman also added that both countries share a history of coming together in difficult circumstances, and have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164,935,374496],"class_list":["post-797032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-malaysia","tag-president-tharman-shanmugaratnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}