Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on Thursday met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar took to Twitter and said, 'Taking forward India-Singapore strategic partnership. Foreign Minister of Singapore @VivianBala met EAM @SushmaSwaraj on the sidelines of the #DelhiDialogue10 in New Delhi. Strengthening bilateral cooperation was the focus of discussion.' Earlier in the day, Swaraj hosted the 10th edition of the Delhi Dialogue (DD X) in the national capital.

The theme of this year's DD X will be "Strengthening India-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation." Delhi Dialogue is a premier annual event to discuss politico-security, the economic and socio-cultural engagement between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as per a release by the MEA. This was the first major event to be organised after the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, which was held in New Delhi earlier in January this year. DD X is being organised in partnership with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). Political leadership, policy makers, senior officials, diplomats, business leaders, think-tanks and academicians from India and ASEAN member states participated in the discussion.