Defence Diplomacy

Defence Diplomacy was coined to give greater priority, impetus and coherence to military activities and to ensure alignment with the government’s foreign and security policy objectives. One part of defence diplomacy is joint military exercise.

Recently Singapore and Indonesia conducted their defence diplomacy training codenamed “Safkar Indopura” 2009. 600 soldiers from the 3rd Singapore Infantry Brigade and 5th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment, as well as TNI-AD's 13th Infantry Brigade/KOSTRAD and 100 Raider Battalion/KODAM I-BB participated in the exercise.

They shared battle procedures, military knowledge and military skills, and took part in combined arms training exercises. The 21st annual bilateral exercise between the two country's was aimed to strengthen interoperability and mutual understanding. This is just one example of defence diplomacy and it’s good to strengthen this ties.