Ukraine war heightens Asia’s security concerns: S’pore PM Lee
The crisis has also impaired the global multilateral system, a worrying development for a small nation like Singapore which depends on globalisation for its livelihood, he added.
The crisis has also impaired the global multilateral system, a worrying development for a small nation like Singapore which depends on globalisation for its livelihood, he added.
PM Lee said the invasion " violates the principles which the Chinese hold very dearly: territorial integrity and sovereignty, and non-interference."
In doing so, the US would foster the peace, stability and security of the region, as it has done since World War II, PM Lee added.
Singapore has imposed financial and trade sanctions on Moscow, taking a position stronger than most of its neighbours’ in the region.
Mr Biden is the third US president in recent decades to promise a greater focus on the region.
America and fellow G-7 countries are ramping up supplies, catching up with China in providing vaccines to poorer countries after a slow start.