Win for
#CulturalDiplomacy
First arts award for the EU in
#Singapore
Honoured to receive from Minister of Culture highest national Friend of the Arts Award for deepening 🇪🇺🇸🇬 &
#EU
-
#ASEAN
ties through SEA AiR-Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the EU
#TeamEurope
An inspiring start to my term as EU Ambassador to Singapore. Yesterday, I had the honour of presenting my credentials to President Halimah Yacob. Grateful for an insightful conversation about EU-SG key partnership.
Images: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore
HRVP
@JosepBorrellF
lays out why EU is presenting its
#IndoPacific
Strategy now.
#ASEAN
is central.
#Singapore
important gateway & like-minded partner.
“We have a big stake in the future of the region and, we believe, a big contribution to make as well."
Record 15,000 attendees from across ASEAN at digital edition of
@EUinSingapore
🇪🇺higher education fair Study in Europe. 250 universities from 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇪🇪🇸🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇭🇺🇮🇪🇮🇹🇱🇺🇲🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇪🇨🇭participated. Curated webinars on Erasmus+, Euraxess & SHARE. My thanks to all for your support.
Ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue pleased to welcome to
@EUinSingapore
MEP Reinhard Bütikofer. Insightful discussion on 🇪🇺🇸🇬 relations in the global context.
@bueti
#SLD22
@IISS_org
Thank you for your hard work, creative ideas & contributions
@Isabellapirolo1
You will be much missed by the team
@EUinSingapore
Wishing you the best as you take the next steps in your life & career. Till next time…
Good to welcome to Singapore Igor Driesmans
@EUAmbASEAN
. 🇪🇺 Special Envoy for Myanmar starts his visit
@MFAsg
by meeting Second Permanent Secretary Stanley Loh. Much appreciated exchange of views.
#EUASEAN
#Myanmar
For
#EUBeachCleanup
we
@EUinSingapore
took a deep dive to find out ‘What lies Beneath Our Seas?’ Watch:
I grew up next to the sea. Today, we clean the beach in the hope that my daughter can enjoy the same
#CleanSeas
I remember from my childhood.🙏
#kindred
Annual retreat of 🇪🇺 Member States Ambassadors in Singapore. Grateful to my colleagues for the excellent cooperation in true
#TeamEurope
spirit.
Thank you
@IPS_SG
Dir. Janadas Devan for your contribution to our discussions.
Glad to host
@MFAsg
DG for Europe Lee Chong Hock.
Biggest ever gathering of European and
#ASEAN
countries ambassadors in
#Singapore
.
Proud to host 19 resident and 5 non-resident ambassadors of 🇪🇺 Member States for our annual retreat and a cordial working lunch with our 11 colleagues from
#SoutheastAsia
.
#TeamEurope
🇸🇬
I grew up in difficult times, it was 1980s Poland under martial law. My mother made these dots on my otherwise plain school uniform so I stand out at a time when our world was totally grey. And in doing that, she taught me to stand tall always.
#thislittlegirlisme
An honour to meet 🇵🇹 Minister of Foreign Affairs
@JoaoCravinho
during his visit to Singapore. Grateful also for a highly insightful lecture about the Portuguese influence in Southeast Asia: The Past & the Future
@ISEAS
.
#TeamEurope
at its best🇪🇺
“Putin’s ‘might is right’ approach an affront to global stability.” Read HRVP
@JosepBorrellF
exclusive interview with The Straits Times 🇸🇬
@straits_times
➡️
My sincere congratulations to Singapore’s President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
EU-Singapore deepening partnership contributes ever more effectively to addressing global & regional challenges.
We look forward to furthering our cooperation and 🇪🇺🇸🇬 relations.
#PE2023
Today I bid farewell to Eszter, who led our excellent Political, Press and Information section for the last three years.
She leaves us
@EUinSingapore
soon to continue her career in HQ.
Thank you for everything and good luck in your next steps
@ENemethEU
🙏🙏🙏
Together with Honorary Consul of Luxembourg Michelle Liem, we had the pleasure to host women Ambassadors & High Commissioners working in Singapore 🇸🇬 for a discussion over lunch with Senior Minister of State
@MFAsg
Sim Ann. A lot of shared plans in the making, stay tuned!
Happy to welcome to 🇸🇬 with Ambassadors of 🇪🇺 Member States European Commissioner for Agriculture
@jwojc
Looking forward to two days of exchanges to strengthen 🇪🇺🇸🇬 relations in the agri-food sector.
Congratulations President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Deeply honoured to represent the European Union at your swearing-in ceremony.
Looking forward to strengthening our excellent EU-Singapore ties during your Presidency.
🇪🇺🤝🇸🇬
@Tharman_S
My sincere congratulations to Singapore’s President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
EU-Singapore deepening partnership contributes ever more effectively to addressing global & regional challenges.
We look forward to furthering our cooperation and 🇪🇺🇸🇬 relations.
#PE2023
New promising stage in EU-Singapore relations - Joint Statement: EU and Singapore agree to strengthen bilateral partnership on digital trade - Trade - European Commission
Strong 🇪🇺 dimension during 2nd day of excellent Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa mtg, on
#maritime
domain and
#defence
diplomacy, with 🇫🇷Captain Ludovic Poitou, 🇩🇪Rear Admiral Axel Ristau and 🇪🇺Senior Military Advisor Juergen Ehle. Global discussions shaping our Strategic Compass
Experts from 12 countries came together for a workshop on the EU as a Security Actor in the
#IndoPacific
.
As our 🇪🇺 Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific & the
#StrategicCompass
make clear, we have a stake in each other's security & in upholding the rules-based int. order
Delighted to welcome Ambassador Designate of
#Ireland
Sarah McGrath
@IEAmbSingapore
. Thrilled to see our group of 🇪🇺 women ambassadors in 🇸🇬 grow. We are now eight (and counting 😉)
#WomenInDiplomacy
Great questions, sharp analysis & a lot of 😀.
#EUDiplomacy
has a bright future!
Thank you
@FedericaMog
for inviting me. As a former student, academic assistant & junior prof
@coenatolin
&
@collegeofeurope
, I keep my fingers crossed for this excellent project.
Bravo
@eu_eeas
👏
Many thanks to Ambassador
@IwonaPiorkoEU
for joining us online yesterday morning. We discussed EU-Singapore relations, focusing on the work the Delegation does to present the 🇪🇺 in Singapore.
#EUDiplomacy
Honoured to represent the European Union at the swearing in of Singapore’s Prime Minister
@LawrenceWongST
Congratulations from European Council President
@CharlesMichel
below
My sincere congratulations to Prime Minister of Singapore
@LawrenceWongST
and to outgoing PM
@leehsienloong
on his successful tenure over the last 20 years.
Singapore is a key partner in addressing global concerns and regional challenges. I wish you every success for the future.
Honoured to present - on behalf of High Representative
@JosepBorrellF
- the medal for 20 years of service in the 🇪🇺institutions to our Deputy HoM
@errol_levy
🥇
A heartfelt thank you for your work and commitment in contributing to the success
@EUinSingapore
and the European Union
A warm welcome
@euinsingapore
to our new Deputy Head of Mission & Head of Political, Press and Information section
@Errol_Levy
.
Our first working lunch? Chicken Rice, of course! 🇸🇬🇪🇺
Rear Admiral Juergen Ehle, 🇪🇺 Senior Military Advisor, addressing the 10th
@IISS_org
Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting, Singapore. Our
#EU
Strategy for Cooperation in
#IndoPacific
at the focus of his intervention.
Reflecting on 2023 – a year of progress and partnership 🇪🇺🇸🇬
From meaningful dialogues to joint agreements, the EU & Singapore continue strengthening our bond. Here's a look back at our shared achievements.
With warm greetings to all our friends and partners. Happy New Year 🎉
Thank you Minister
@VivianBala
for open & insightful conversation.
Looking forward to deepening 🇪🇺🇸🇬 partnership & our cooperation in the region & the world.
@JosepBorrellF
@eu_eeas
@MFAsg
A pleasure to meet the EU Ambassadors in Singapore for lunch yesterday. Good exchange on the future of multilateralism, salient geopolitical issues & ASEAN-EU relations. My thanks to EU Ambassador
@IwonaPiorkoEU
and Czech Republic Ambassador Michaela Froňková for hosting!
Fruitful visit to
#Singapore
where I participated in the Shangri-La Dialogue.
An opportunity to meet w/ friends from Singapore & beyond & have frank conversations w/ important partners.
Thank you
@IISS_org
&
@mindefsg
for a successful
#SLD2024
&
@euinsingapore
for the support.
The sovereignty, political independence & territorial integrity of all countries, big & small, must be respected. We do not want a world order based on “might is right”. We have to defend ourselves, uphold our principles, be united & stand up & be counted
The European Union and Singapore are ever stronger partners. Grateful to Deputy Prime Minister
@LawrenceWongST
for an inspiring discussion on 🇪🇺🇸🇬 relations & forward-looking cooperation
@MOFsg
Just days after the signature of Digital Trade Principles - first key deliverable of
#DigitalPartnership
- Deputy Director General
@Trade_EU
Maria Martin-Prat visited Singapore to take it forward. Excellent discussions with counterparts
@MTI_Sg
@SingaporeMCI
&
@MFAsg
🇪🇺🤝🇸🇬
#TeamEurope
&
#ASEAN
together
#ForOurPlanet
at the EU-ASEAN
#Bike45Ride
for Sustainability in Singapore 🇸🇬
Happy to have Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment & Ministry of Transport flag off the rally 🚴♂️
@MSEsingapore
Honoured to welcome President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
@ZelenskyyUa
as Head of 🇺🇦 delegation at
@IISS_org
Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
Follow us for live updates.
#SLD24
Declaration of
@JosepBorrellF
on behalf of the EU on 🇪🇺 & 🌍 day against the death penalty.
The EU opposes
#deathpenalty
at all times and in all circumstances. Its abolition is key to ensure respect for human dignity and is a question of political will.
👇
Back to work. And to my Team. Starting with our
@EUinSingapore
driver Taufek who makes sure we are always on time despite me being late… He even tolerates I prefer
#NasiLemak
over his favourite Nasi Padang😉
Thank you Minister
@VivianBala
for an in-depth conversation with Ambassadors of EU Member States. 🇪🇺in Singapore committed to developing our excellent relations each day further.
@JosepBorrellF
@eu_eeas
@MFAsg
Pleased to reconnect with Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) virtually. Wide-ranging discussions on the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and global developments. The EU is an important partner for Singapore. Look forward to strengthening our partnership. 🇸🇬🇪🇺
In these turbulent times, our solid 🇪🇺🇸🇬 relation is an invaluable asset,
@leehsienloong
and I agreed.
Our trade cooperation is strong and we can do much more together.
I'm glad we launched our Digital Partnership - grounded in tech, in skills and most importantly, in trust.
Together, with our hearts and minds, all the way & for as long as it takes.
The EU Delegation stands united with our friends and colleagues at 🇺🇦 Embassy in Singapore
@UKRinSGP
24th Feb 2023: One year of resistance against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine
Grateful to Permanent Secretary
@MFAsg
Albert Chua for a candid discussion on bilateral, regional & global issues ahead of the EU-ASEAN Summit next month in Brussels.
#TeamEurope
🇪🇺🇸🇬
Closing celebration of
#EUASEAN45
with inaugural exhibition of SEA AiR - Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian artists in the EU.
Happy to have with us for the opening artists Hoo Fan Chon (Malaysia), Citra Sasmita (Indonesia), Vuth Lyno (Cambodia) and our many friends.
Europe Day is our annual occasion to cherish peace & unity, ever more relevant this year. Trees are both about our shared commitment to sustanability and they also symbolise resilience & hope.
#EuropeDay
#EuropeDay2022
#TeamEurope
#StandWithUkraine
#EuropeDay
celebrates our integration.
In 2024 we also mark two important anniversaries: 20 years since the historic 2004 EU enlargement … and since the establishment of the EU Delegation to Singapore 😊
#TeamEurope
looks forward to taking our partnership to new heights 🇪🇺🇸🇬
Looking forward to my forthcoming visit to Singapore 🇸🇬 Malaysia 🇲🇾 Thailand 🇹🇭 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 (18-23 July) to promote the
#EU
's borrowing programme
#NextGenerationEU
(
#NGEU
).
For more info, read our press release:
It was a pleasure to host EU Special Envoy for the
#IndoPacific
@rjtibbels
in Singapore.
Watch highlights from his fireside chat at
@sgSMU
on the EU’s engagement in the region.
Full recording 👉
There are 19 resident Ambassadors of 🇪🇺 Member States in Singapore. Others are accredited to 🇸🇬 and carrying out their duties from countries of posting in the region. It was a pleasure to receive last week Ambassador of the Republic of
#Croatia
🇭🇷 Nebojsa Koharovic
EU &
#ASEAN
are Strategic Partners. Thanks to Colleagues from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam for insightful exchanges & great prospects for cooperation in
#Singapore
Looking forward to seeing other ASEAN Ambassadors over the next days.
@EUAmbASEAN
The “EU intends to engage more closely with like-minded countries to build closer digital partnerships - particularly with Singapore, Japan & Korea,” says
@VDombrovskis
@TallinnSummit
Half of women ambassadors in Singapore come from Europe. And half of ambassadors of 🇪🇺 Member States here are women. Always good to be together with our colleagues from around the world.
#WomeninDiplomacy
#WomenAmbassadors
🧡 The Office
To 🧡 The World…
In solidarity with the global call to eliminate violence against women & kick off 16-days of activism to end gender-based violence.
#OrangeTheWorld
#SayNoStopVAW
#EndGBV
#16Days
The EU and the
#IndoPacific
: Partners for a more stable and prosperous world.
On the day of the EU-IndoPacific Ministerial Forum & the EU-
#ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting, HR/VP
@JosepBorrellF
Opinion Editorial in
#Singapore
’s Business Times.
🔗
On this day 20 years ago, my native
#Poland
and nine more countries joined the European Union. Shortly thereafter, I started to work for the
#EU
institutions.
Happy to witness the progress that 🇪🇺 has made over the past two decades. And proud to represent it in
#Singapore
Today, on May 1, we celebrate the 2️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of Poland's🇵🇱 accession to the
#EU
🇪🇺.
The Czech Republic🇨🇿, Slovakia🇸🇰, Hungary🇭🇺, Lithuania🇱🇹, Latvia🇱🇻, Estonia🇪🇪, Slovenia🇸🇮, Cyprus🇨🇾 and Malta🇲🇹 also joined the community 🎉
#PLUE20
#dobrzerazemwUE
#20YearsTogether
With Prime Minister of Singapore
@leehsienloong
today at
@G20org
EU and Singapore are close and like-minded partners.
We focused on how to enhance and strengthen further our partnership.
Also exchanged views on digital cooperation, microprocessors, supply chains and
#AUKUS
Singapore is EU’s sixth largest trade in services partner worldwide. Maritime transport, business services, IP & more. Pleased to see so many companies & stakeholders keen on further exploring opportunities our
#EUSFTA
offers.
@Trade_EU
@EuroChamSG
@MTI_Sg
Launching the European Film Festival with Minister of State Low Yen Ling as Guest-of-Honour.
We
#StandWithUkraine
by opening
#EUFFSG
with Ukrainian film, Mother of Apostles.
12-26th May, 24 films from 23 countries with
#France
as featured country.
Today we celebrated 10 years of service
@EUinSingapore
of our colleague Wan Nee. 🙏🎉. Featuring below Wan Nee this morning & during her recent European holidays!
Happy to meet
@leehsienloong
.
Singapore leads by example on climate change. Looking forward to the 🇸🇬 contribution to
@COP26
. We have a good cooperation. Let’s make it stronger in connectivity and digital.
🇸🇬 is a key partner in the Indo-Pacific region.
#TeamEurope
🇪🇺 in Singapore honoured to launch 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence from the ground.
Deeply moved by visit to Casa Raudha which provides safe shelter to victims of domestic violence.
🔗
#OrangeTheWorld
#SayNoStopVAW
#EndGBV
Frank and comprehensive dicussion with my
#Singaporean
🇸🇬 host
@VivianBala
on current developments in Asia and Eastern Europe. I look forward to further intensifying this dialogue with the opening of the
#Lithuanian
embassy in
#Singapore
soon!
@MFAsg
Congratulations Citra Sasmita (Indonesia), Hoo Fan Chon (Malaysia) & Vuth Lyno (Cambodia), our 1st SEA AiR - Studio Residencies for SEAsian artists in the EU - residency artists👏🎉
They go to WIELS (Belgium), HIAP (Finland) & Villa Arson (France)
#EuropeanUnion
#Art
#culture
The 🇪🇺 flag in Singapore lowered at half-mast in memory of David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament.
We offer our deepest condolences to his family.
Rest in peace.
President
@ZelenskyyUa
addressing Shangri-La Dialogue
#SLD22
in 🇸🇬: Russia’s war against Ukraine is not only about Europe, it is about globally important things (…) particularly the system of international law which we have today.
#StandWithUkraine
Honoured to attend yesterday's reopening of Parliament. President Halimah Yacob laid out the government's priorities for the future in her opening speech that I followed with fellow ambassadors from around the world.
Image credit: 🇸🇬 Ministry of Communications and Information