SINGAPORE, FRANCE OFFER TECHNICAL HELP TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
Received Saturday, 17 March 2007 03:04:00 GMT
SINGAPORE, March 17, 2007 (AFP) - Singapore and France have agreed
jointly to provide technical help in areas such as education to
Southeast Asian nations, the city-state's foreign affairs ministry
said.
The two countries have signed a letter of intent to formalise the
Third Country Training Programme, it said in a statement late
Friday.
"The Third Country Training Programme institutionalises cooperation
between Singapore and France," the foreign affairs ministry
said.
"It also facilitates closer collaboration in various human resource
capacity building programmes for Southeast Asian countries in
fields such as governance, health and higher education."
The two countries have worked together to provide technical
assistance to Southeast Asian countries on an ad hoc basis since
2001.
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