Negotiations between Patriarchal Exarch for South-East Asia and Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs

On September 8, 2020, a videoconference was held between Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, Patriarchate Exarch for South-East Asia, and Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Singapore.

During the talk, which was held in a warm atmosphere, the sides discussed the construction of a Russian cultural center and a church of the Russian Orthodox Church in Singapore, as well as some topics concerning the Russia-Singapore cooperation in the religious sphere.

The first stone of the religious-cultural compound was laid in Singapore on November 13, 2018, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Singapore Ms. President of Singapore Ms  Halimah Yacob.

DECR Communication Service