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Singapore, Australia agree to work towards travel bubble

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on June 10 agreed to work towards a travel bubble, aiming to resume safe travel between the countries in the coming time.
Singapore, Australia agree to work towards travel bubble ảnh 1Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong (R) and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison joined an in-person meeting on June 10 (Photo: www.straitstimes.com)
Singapore (VNA) – Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his Australiancounterpart Scott Morrison on June 10 agreed to work towards a travel bubble,aiming to resume safe travel between the countries in the coming time.

The pledge was madeduring an in-person meeting between the leaders, which was held in Singaporeunder the comprehensive strategic partnership reached in 2015.

Speaking at a pressconference after the meeting, the leaders said they are working to prepare theinfrastructure and processes for such travel, adding that it starts with mutualrecognition of health and vaccination certificates, possibly in a digital form.

Both prime ministersexpressed their hope that Singapore students in Australia would be the first toget the opportunity to travel from this arrangement.

This is the firstofficial visit by a foreign leader to Singapore since the start of the COVID-19pandemic.

Under theSingapore-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the prime ministers ofboth countries meet annually, but their last meeting was held virtually inMarch last year due to the pandemic./.
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