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For the first time, the Singaporean and Indonesian leaders attended the Leaders’ Retreat along with their successors.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo met for their seventh and final annual leaders' retreat.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Bogor, Indonesia, on April 29 to attend the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

"In this new troubled world, it is all the more important for us to close ranks. Divided, we stand no chance," says PM Lee in a parliamentary speech.

Good basis for future cooperation.

News From Antiwar.com NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Jordan’s King Abdullah II met at the military bloc’s headquarters in Brussels on May 5. Stoltenberg congratulated Abdullah on the hundredth anniversary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. There’s a greater affinity than might immediately meet the eye, as seven of NATO’s twelve founding members were and remain constitutional monarchies as well: Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway. NATO...