PM Lee to meet Trump on week-long visit to New York

Singapore

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will arrive in New York on Saturday for a week-long working visit, during which he will meet US President Donald Trump and deliver Singapore's national statement at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

This will be the fourth time that Mr Lee and Mr Trump will be meeting face-to-face since the US leader took office, after earlier meetings in Singapore (June 2018), Washington (October 2017) and Hamburg (July 2017).

A statement by the Prime Minister's Office on Friday said that Mr Lee - who will be in the city until Sept 27 - is heading Singapore's delegation to the 74th session of the UNGA. This will be his first time attending the annual gathering of some 193 countries since he became …