Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to attend UN General Assembly; will deliver statement at high-level debate segment

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will host the 15th Global Governance Group Ministerial Meeting and also hold a reception for the Forum of Small States. - Photo from AP

SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York from Sept 19 to 25 and deliver Singapore's statement at the high-level General Debate segment.

Dr Balakrishnan will participate in the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Leaders' Meeting and the Informal Asean Ministerial Meeting (IAMM), and have a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts and with US interlocutors based in New York, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday.