Sec. 1249. Enhancing defense cooperation with Singapore
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It is the sense of Congress that— the United States Armed Forces and Singaporean armed forces have built a strong and enduring security partnership based on long-standing and mutually beneficial cooperation; security cooperation between the United States Armed Forces and Singaporean armed forces is crucial to promoting peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region; Singapore’s status as a major security cooperation partner of the United States, as recognized in the 2005 Strategic Framework Agreement between the United States and the Republic of Singapore for a Closer Partnership in Defense and Security , has an important role in the promotion of peace and stability, and global efforts to counter terrorism;
Singapore’s provision of access to its military facilities for the United States has supported the continued security presence of the United States in Southeast Asia; the Singaporean armed forces’ support of United States-led multinational reconstruction efforts in Iraq from 2003 to 2008, reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013, counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden under the ambit of Combined Task Force 151, and contribution of physical and military assets to the Defeat-ISIS Coalition since 2014, has contributed to global efforts to counter terrorism; in recognition of the enduring security partnership between the United States and Singapore, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, should, in negotiating the renewal of the 1990 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the United States Use of Facilities in Singapore that is due in 2020: reinforce Singapore’s status as a major security cooperation partner of the United States; enhance defense cooperation; and increase interoperability between the United States Armed Forces and Singaporean armed forces to promote peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.