‘BASELESS REPORTS’:A Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker said China has been pressuring Singapore to end military exchanges to limit Taiwan’s international space
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 23, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter, with CNA
The Presidential Office yesterday declined to comment on media reports that
Singapore`s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong , Left, shakes hands with China`s President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Singapore would stop sending troops to Taiwan to participate in a long-running joint military exercise, saying only that the government greatly values its friendship with Singapore.
“The government greatly values its long and strong friendship with Singapore. The Presidential Office has no comment on baseless news reports,” Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺) said in response to media requests for comment on Singapore’s rumored plan to end military exchanges with Taiwan.
Ministry of National Defense spokesman Major General Chen Chung-chi (陳中吉) also declined to comment on the news, calling it speculation. [FULL STORY]