Singapore, India Sign Submarine Rescue Support Agreement

The Straits Times

21 January 2021

Singapore and India yesterday signed an agreement for their navies to extend rescue facilities to each other’s submarines. Dr Collin Koh, a Research Fellow at the RSIS said it was not surprising that the submarine pact was signed, as both navies have very close ties. While having such rescue pacts underlines a certain measure of mutual trust and confidence, “it’s one thing about signing on to the pacts and quite another about implementing them in times of a real contingency”, he said. It also does not necessarily mean Singapore seeks to operate regularly in India’s waters, said Dr Koh, who specialises in naval affairs.

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