SINGAPORE - A Republic of Singapore Navy vessel set sail for Indonesia s Tanjung Priok on Sunday morning (July 11), carrying oxygen to supplement the country s fight against Covid-19.
Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean said in a Facebook post that the ship carried two tanks with 40 tonnes of liquid oxygen,500 cylinders of oxygen and 570 oxygen concentrators.
The delivery came after phone calls between Indonesia s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Pandjaitan - who is coordinating the nation s Covid-19 response - and Mr Teo, said the latter in his post. I assured him that Singapore will do our utmost, and work together to overcome this pandemic together, said Mr Teo.
Process won t be easy or quick
In a written reply to questions posed by Worker s Party (WP) members He Ting Ru and Dennis Tan regarding arms export to Myanmar, as well as Asean s commitment to the Five-Point Consensus, Vivian pointed out that all Asean leaders and Myanmar s military leaders have agreed to the Consensus.
However, while the common vision of the way forward has not changed , Vivian said Asean recognised the slow implementation of the Consensus.
Nevertheless, he reiterated that Singapore is working within Asean to expedite this process to alleviate the humanitarian situation, end the violence in Myanmar, and set it back on the path of direct negotiation by all stakeholders to achieve normalcy, peace and stability for the long term .
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