# Closer Singapore-Kazakhstan ties offer opportunities for mutual learning and growth: Lee Hsien Loong

https://mins.news/en/video/34735

- CNA, 2026-08-27 17:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atglLQvoi_4

> Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore is placing greater emphasis on non-traditional partners such as Kazakhstan as major-power rivalry intensifies and countries turn inward. Addressing university students and academics in Astana, he said both countries should stay open and outward-looking to learn from one another and grow.

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