Skip to main content
A Singapore Government Agency Website How to identify
Official website links end with .gov.sg
Government agencies communicate via .gov.sg websites (e.g. go.gov.sg/open). Trusted websites
Secure websites use HTTPS
Look for a lock () or https:// as an added precaution. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Government officials will never ask you to transfer money or disclose bank log-in details over a phone call.

Call the 24/7 ScamShield Helpline at 1799 if you are unsure if something is a scam.

Prime Minister's Office Singapore
Press Release

Working Visit by PM Lee Hsien Loong to the USA (26 March to 2 April 2016)

People

SM Lee Hsien Loong

Topics

Foreign affairs

25 March 2016

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to the United States of America from 26 March to 2 April 2016.

This article has been migrated from an earlier version of the site and may display formatting inconsistencies.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to the United States of America (US) from 26 March to 2 April 2016. PM will visit New York City from 26 to 30 March 2016 and Washington DC to attend the 4th Nuclear Security Summit from 31 March to 1 April 2016. PM’s last visit to the US was in February 2016 when he visited San Francisco, California and attended the ASEAN-US Summit in Sunnylands, California.

In New York City, PM will have meetings with strategic thinkers, as well as industry and financial sector leaders. PM will also attend a reception with Singaporeans residing in New York, and visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

In Washington DC, PM will meet Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, and attend the 4th Nuclear Security Summit. The 4th Nuclear Security Summit is a follow-up to the last three Nuclear Security Summits that PM attended in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Leaders from over 50 countries and international organisations are expected to attend the upcoming Summit, where they will assess the progress made over the past six years and discuss ways to further strengthen the global nuclear security architecture going forward.

PM will be accompanied to the US by Mrs Lee and senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Communications and Information, Ministry of Home Affairs, and National Environment Agency.

During PM’s absence, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will be the Acting Prime Minister.

* * * * *

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
SINGAPORE
25 MARCH 2016

Explore related topics

Back to top