Poland, Singapore eye more cooperation

Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-23 04:07:22|Editor: yan
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WARSAW, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday that Singapore was an important and perspective partner for Poland.

Duda made the remarks at a joint press conference with his visiting Singaporean counterpart Tony Tan Keng Yam in Warsaw, the first visit by Singapore's head of state to Poland.

"Cooperation with a state that has been developing very fast, a state that focuses on innovation and modern technologies ... where numerous start-up firms develop so dynamically is definitely the direction we should be heading in," Duda said.

According to Duda, Poland would like to establish cooperation with Singapore, a global sea port, to ensure additional LNG supplies, as a part of country's efforts to diversify energy sources.

In a press statement for the press, Duda said Tan's visit was an element of expansion of Polish horizons of economic cooperation over respective parts of the world.

"So far, 80 percent of our turnover was linked with the European Union. We want the scope of our cooperation to expand," Duda said in the statement.

For his part, Tan said both Poland and Singapore were eager to invest in each other's country, and a series of agreements on cooperation, signed on Monday, would contribute to better bilateral relations.

According to Polish Press Agency, Poland's exports to Singapore reached 569 million euros (639 million U.S. dollars) in 2016, while imports amounted to 636 million euros.

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