France and Singapore enjoy good bilateral relations, spreading across most fields, including political, education, economic, cultural and defence.

They met with Singapore President S. R. Nathan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Parliament Speaker Abdullah Tarmugi.

On 27 June 2007, while on a private visit in Paris, Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met with newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace, the first meeting between them both.

In 2008, bilateral political relations between the two countries entered a new phase with the official visit that Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made to France from 21 to 23 January 2008.

In 2004, a pick-up in Singapore and regional demand led to increased exports, which further resulted in the renewed dynamism of our trade activities.

The National Centre of Science Research (CNRS) was involved in the setting up of a joint laboratory between Thales and Nanyang Technological University.

They feature three components, a military cooperation, overseen by an agreement signed in Paris in October 1998, which in particular has allowed for a squadron from the Republic of Singapore Air Force to be stationed in France since 1999; an annual strategic dialogue, started in 1999 and led by the ministries of defence, with one session each year involving the army, navy and air force groups; a partnership for the acquisition of weapons.

France is the second-leading supplier of weapons to Singapore, which acquired six stealth frigates in 2000, and its third partner in research and development in defence technology.

The Delta programme is a key element in the Franco-Singapore defence cooperation because it involves the transfer of know-how and of technology that gives Singapore a role of partner and not simply that of a client.