COVID-19: Singapore and Japan in talks to finalise limited business travel by September

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Singapore and Japan are in talks to set up a “Residence Track” for limited business travel by as early as next month.

Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu welcomed the talks in a joint statement on Thursday .

The ministers also agreed on the major points on the Business Track , in which short-term business travelers will be subject to a controlled itinerary for the first 14 days, with public health safeguards in place. In a separate statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Toshimitsu, who is in Singapore for an official visit from Wednesday to Friday, called on and was hosted to lunch by Dr Balakrishnan on Thursday. He also paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana.

 

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