Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win called on Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at the Ministry of Defence this afternoon. Vice–Senior General Soe Win, who is in Singapore from 9 to 12 February for his introductory visit, also called on Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Ng Chee Meng and Chief of Army Major-General Ravinder Singh earlier today, after inspecting the Guard of Honour. As part of his visit, Vice-Senior General Soe Win visited Headquarters 3rd Singapore Division this afternoon and will visit the Singapore Airshow tomorrow.

Vice-Senior General Soe Win's visit underscores the warm bilateral defence relations between Singapore and Myanmar. In addition to high-level exchange of visits, the two defence establishments also interact at multilateral forums such as Shangri-La Dialogue, the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the ADMM-Plus.