German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on 2-day official visit to Singapore from Oct 27德国总理弗里德里希·默茨将于10月27日起对新加坡进行为期两天的正式访问。
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make a two-day official visit to Singapore from Tuesday (Oct 27).The visit is his first to Singapore and reaffirms the warm, longstanding and multifaceted partnership between Singapore and Germany, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Monday.A lawyer by training, Merz was elected on May 6, 2025.He will be hosted to a welcome ceremony...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make a two-day official visit to Singapore from Tuesday (Oct 27).
The visit is his first to Singapore and reaffirms the warm, longstanding and multifaceted partnership between Singapore and Germany, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Monday.
A lawyer by training, Merz was elected on May 6, 2025.
He will be hosted to a welcome ceremony by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, before the two leaders hold a bilateral meeting. The prime minister will also host an official dinner in Chancellor Merz's honour.
The chancellor will call on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and be hosted to lunch by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
He is scheduled to deliver the 49th Singapore Lecture, organised by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, titled "Germany and the Indo-Pacific: Partnership, competitiveness, and resilience in a changing world".
Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo will chair the session.
Singapore-Germany relations
Relations between Singapore and Germany are longstanding, substantive and multifaceted, spanning the economic, defence, science and technology, and people-to-people fields.
In 1965, Germany was among the first countries to recognise Singapore's independence, with the first German Chancellor's visit made in 1978 by Helmut Schmidt.
Since then, every successive chancellor has visited Singapore.
The two countries also raised their ties to a strategic partnership in November 2024, with frequent high-level visits.
The Republic's warships also have a German connection, with both the new Sentinel-class Offshore Patrol Vessel and Invincible-class submarines made in shipyards there.
Meanwhile, bilateral trade in goods with Germany grew to $23.4 billion in 2025, while services trade increased to around $14.1 billion in 2024.
Beyond hardware and numbers, people-to-people ties are also strong, with nearly 360,000 visitors from Germany visiting the city state last year.
德国总理弗里德里希·默茨将于周二（10月27日）起对新加坡进行为期两天的正式访问。
外交部周一表示，此次访问是他首次访问新加坡，重申了新加坡和德国之间友好、长期和多方面的伙伴关系。
梅尔茨是一名受过专业训练的律师，于2025年5月6日当选。
他将出席由总理黄循财主持的欢迎仪式，之后两位领导人将举行双边会晤。总理还将设正式晚宴款待默茨总理。
总理将拜会总统尚达曼，并由国务资政李显龙款待共进午餐。
他计划在新加坡尤索夫伊萨克东南亚研究院举办的第 49 届新加坡讲座上发表题为“德国与印太地区：变化世界中的伙伴关系、竞争力和韧性”的演讲。
数字发展及新闻部长杨莉明将主持会议。
新加坡-德国关系
新加坡与德国的关系源远流长，内容丰富且多方面，涵盖经济、国防、科技和人文交流等领域。
1965年，德国是最早承认新加坡独立的国家之一，德国总理赫尔穆特·施密特于1978年首次访问新加坡。
此后，历任总理都访问过新加坡。
两国于 2024 年 11 月将关系提升为战略伙伴关系，并频繁进行高层互访。
共和国的军舰也与德国有着联系，新型的哨兵级近海巡逻舰和无敌级潜艇都是在德国的造船厂制造的。
与此同时，到 2025 年，与德国的双边货物贸易额将增长至 234 亿美元，而到 2024 年，服务贸易额将增长至约 141 亿美元。
除了硬件设施和游客数量之外，人与人之间的联系也很紧密，去年有近 36 万德国游客到访这座城市国家。