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SINGAPORE : The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) can continue to train at Australia's Shoalwater Bay till 2019.
The agreement was renewed and signed by the defence ministers of Singapore and Australia on Sunday.
The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
MINDEF said the agreement reinforces the excellent bilateral defence relationship between Singapore and Australia.
It follows the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in August last year.
Exercise Wallaby, one of the SAF's largest unilateral training exercises, has been conducted at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area since 1990. - CNA/ms
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