# ‘Slightly encouraged’: Vivian Balakrishnan reflects on a hectic UN General Assembly

https://mins.news/en/video/75715

- CNA, 2026-09-27 04:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imzx1VaVTc4

> Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said he was leaving the UN General Assembly “slightly encouraged”, despite the world remaining in a “disrupted and potentially dangerous phase”. From New York, he reflected on a busy week of diplomacy that covered US-China ties, the Trump-Xi meeting, ongoing conflicts and the promise and perils of AI.

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