Singapore’s Shanmugam meets China envoy for bilateral, security talks

Cao added on his Facebook page on Thursday that he and Shanmugam, who is also Singapore’s home affairs minister, had discussed “law enforcement and security cooperation”.

“Taking the 35th anniversary of our diplomatic ties as an opportunity, I look forward to strengthening our practical cooperation in various fields, and making new progress in our all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership,” the ambassador said.

On Saturday, Shanmugam said on his social media that he met two foreign ambassadors, including Cao, this week during introductory meetings that were “arranged sometime ago” where they discussed a broad range of issues.

The other envoy Shanmugam met was British High Commissioner Nikesh Mehta.

His meeting with Cao comes after the Chinese embassy took issue with local media linking cyberthreat group UNC3886 to China last month. Shanmugam had earlier named the group and warned it was attacking local critical infrastructure.