Singapore’s Non-Resident High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji and Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Mrs Mary Seet-Cheng is on an official visit to Fiji, from Monday 13 December to Friday 17 December 2021.
High Commissioner Seet-Cheng presented her credentials to the President, His Excellency, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere at the State House this morning.
As part of her visitation program, she is meeting with senior Government officials to discuss the current collaborations and potential areas of partnership to be explored between Fiji and Singapore.
High Commissioner Seet-Cheng said she hopes to use this visit as an opportunity to further strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations.
“I am delighted to be here in Fiji as the country reopens. I look forward to continuing to enhance the excellent relations between the two countries, which extends over so many areas of cooperation.”
“I hope to strengthen people-to-people, economic and connectivity links. Prior to COVID-19, there have been high-level exchanges between our countries. Singapore hosted high-level study visits for the Pacific leaders, including Fiji, in 2012 and 2017.”
She said as the two-way travel between Singapore and Fiji resumes, it will go a long way towards rebuilding our economies and ultimately strengthen connectivity links.
With Singapore recently admitted as a Dialogue Partner to the Pacific Islands, High Commissioner Seet-Cheng, in her role as Singapore’s Ambassador to the PIF, is also expected to meet with officials from the PIF Secretariat.
A seasoned diplomat, Mrs Seet-Cheng has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore from 1973 to 1997. She has also served in Canberra, London and Brussels Missions.
In her role as the Ambassador in Brussels, she was concurrently accredited to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, the European Commission, and the Holy See.
Fiji established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Singapore on 30th November 1971. Since then, the two nations have enjoyed mutual collaborations in areas of climate change, health, education, transport, housing, and disaster management to name a few.
