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Lee Kuan Yew honoured by Russia

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Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was conferred the title of Honorary Doctor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.


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Mr Lee Kuan Yew (file picture)


SINGAPORE: Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was conferred the title of Honorary Doctor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.


The title is bestowed upon Russian and foreign scholars, diplomats, and political and public figures for outstanding achievements in the fields of theoretical research and diplomacy, and for contributions to promote mutual understanding between Russia and the rest of the world, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said.


Singapore's Ambassador to Russia, Ms Lim Kheng Hua, accepted the title on Mr Lee's behalf from the Academy's Rector, Mr Evgeny Bazhanov, in a ceremony held in Moscow.


In an acceptance speech delivered on behalf of Mr Lee, Ms Lim thanked Russia for the honour.
She said: "Singapore and Russia enjoy stable and cordial relations, even if we do not always see eye-to-eye on every international issue."


She spoke about how the United States and China are "groping towards a new modus vivendi".
"This will not be easy," she said. "The effort is complex and fraught with many challenges: political, military, economic and even psychological."


She said that when the US and China "eventually establish a new equilibrium, the rest of the world will take dressing from it. For now, US-China relations already set the tone for East Asia."


She noted that a vast part of Russia lies in East Asia.


"Since Tsarist times, Russia has played a major role in the region, particularly in Northeast Asia," she said.

"Russia therefore cannot but be affected by these developments and must find a new modus vivendi with China too."




- CNA/al
 

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[h=1]China, Russia pledge wide-ranging cooperation[/h]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign a joint statement aimed at expanding cooperation in all fields and coordinating diplomatic efforts to cement the China-Russia all-round strategic partnership of cooperation after their talks in Shanghai, east China, May 20, 2014. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

SHANGHAI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia on Tuesday vowed to beef up cooperation in a wide range of fields, including finance, trade, energy and transportation infrastructure.


The pledge came in a joint statement during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin is in China for the 4th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai and a state visit at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. Xi held talks with Putin in Shanghai on Tuesday.


According to the joint statement, the two countries will expand local currency settlement for bilateral trade, cross-border investment and financing and will strengthen exchanges for the formulation of macro-economic policies.


The two pledged to increase bilateral trade to 100 billion U.S. dollars by 2015 and 200 billion U.S. dollars by 2020 from nearly 90 billion U.S. dollars last year.


The two will work to ensure balanced trade, optimize trade structure and expand mutual investment in fields like transportation infrastructure, mining development, and housing projects in Russia, said the statement.


The two sides vowed to deepen cooperation in the petroleum industry, kick-start Russia's supply of natural gas to China as soon as possible and jointly develop coal mines in Russia. The two also will consider jointly building power plants in Russia to increase power supply to China.


The two countries will strengthen cooperation in major projects in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, civil aviation, research on basic aerospace technologies, satellite navigation and manned space flight, said the statement.


The two will speed up the construction of cross-border transportation infrastructure, including bridges on cross-border rivers, and Russia will facilitate China's goods shipment using its railway networks, ports and through the Northern Sea route, said the statement.


The countries also pledged constructive cooperation in the use and protection of water resources in cross-border rivers as well as in the establishment of cross-border nature reserves to protect biodiversity.


COOPERATION ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS


China and Russia also pledged to step up cooperation on multiple regional platforms.
The two countries paid high attention to the cooperation under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), including in the fight against terrorism, separatism, extremism, arms trafficking, illegal drug trade and organized cross-border crimes, and safeguarding of international information safety, according to the declaration.


The two said it is the SCO's priority to promote regional economic cooperation, improve investment environment in its member states and strengthen exchanges among the industrial circles.


The Eurasian Union, scheduled to be established on January 1, 2015, will help promote regional security and stability and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, said the statement.


Russia spoke highly of the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative proposed by China and the two will seek conjunction points between the economic belt and the Eurasian Union, such as the building of transportation infrastructure, it said.


In addition, the two countries said the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum is an effective mechanism in promoting regional economic integration.


The two pledged to strengthen coordination and cooperation under the framework of the APEC and to jointly promote the economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Russia will closely work with China to take advantage of the meeting to promote economic integration, reforms and growth and building of transportation infrastructure, it said.


The two also promised to deepen cooperation under the framework of CICA, saying CICA is an effective mechanism in holding talks in safeguarding regional peace and security.


Russia welcomed China as CICA chair from 2014 to 2016, saying the chairmanship can help promote the implementation of trust-building measures, said the statement.


The two will closely coordinate their stance under the framework of CICA and roll out shared proposals on the building of security framework and safeguarding of stability and development in the Asia-Pacific region, it added.
 

GoldenDragon

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If truly deserving, should have gotten it while younger and more politically active. Now? At this age? Cho bo lan.
 

新加坡内阁总李

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:biggrin:


Old CB Fart is always so STUPID egoistic and fall 100% for such kind of political tricks.

KNN! idiot!

Russia is using this trick to play this old farty dog against USA. This move will distance LKY n USA further and lost Ang Moh trust and friendship even further.

Fucking stupid OLD CB will desperately accept this trick. Don't know how to reject. Fucktard Gian Png!

Deserves to be played like a monkey by Putin.

Pathetic hopeless Lao Chee Bye.
 

Sinkie

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Singapore should join SCO...............dun know LHL waiting for what? His father oredi got the award, still he cannot get the hint.........

Still go Japan and talk nonsense about 2 scenarios for Asia.

......Listen, there is ONLY ONE SCENARIO.........The 21st century is China's. That is the only scenario!
 

laksaboy

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Honorary degrees have zero academic value, and they only serve to por the lumpar of the recipient. Fact.
 

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If he and his entire "exceptional" family go and live in Russia permanently, you see whether they por his lumpar or not. :biggrin:

Honorary degrees have zero academic value, and they only serve to por the lumpar of the recipient. Fact.
 

blindswordsman

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If truly deserving, should have gotten it while younger and more politically active. Now? At this age? Cho bo lan.

LKY would never get it when younger. Once upon a time, years ago, he screwed commies' sympathisers like nobody's business and jailed them. Today, the commies honoured him. It is really funny.
 
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