Singapore, Australia working towards travel bubble, leaders say
The Peninsula
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Australia will work towards putting in place an air travel bubble between the two countries, their prime ministers said on Thursday, after more than a year of travel disruption caused by the pandemic.
"We discussed how two-way travel between Singapore and Australia can eventually resume, in a safe and calibrated manner, when both sides are ready," Singapore leader Lee Hsien Loong told a joint news conference with visiting Australian counterpart Scott Morrison. Singapore had in March said the two nations were discussing plans for quarantine-free travel.
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