The aim is to boost bilateral cooperation on trade, innovation, investment and the green transition.
The state visit to Singapore, led by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, will take place from Nov 19 to 21.
He and Queen Silvia received visiting Singapore reporters at the royal palace, located in the old town at the heart of Swedish capital Stockholm. However, he added that competition in the global supply chain is much tougher nowadays, and that Sweden and Singapore, both countries known for “fearless” innovators, can take on this competition together.
“We need to come closer to friends and to continue keeping value chains open. From that perspective, I do believe that Sweden and Singapore are very much like-minded as countries very much dependent on open trade rules-based world order,” said Mr Jevrell, who was ambassador to Singapore from 2013 to 2018.
Nonetheless, Mr Jevrell said more can be done to make it easier for those people-to-people exchanges that drive innovation to occur, including surrounding practicalities such as housing. When asked about the country’s accession to military alliance Nato in March and its views on the war in Ukraine, Ms Malmer Stenergard said: “The support for Ukraine, militarily, economically and politically, is the most important task for Sweden as regards foreign policy for the coming years.
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