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Singapore maintains diplomatic relations with 186 countries〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore )〕 although it does not maintain a high commission or embassy in many of those countries. It is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, ASEAN and the Non-Aligned Movement. Due to obvious geographical reasons, relations with Malaysia and Indonesia are most important. Historical baggage, including the traumatic separation from Malaysia, and Konfrontasi with Indonesia, have caused a siege mentality of sorts. Singapore enjoys good relations with the United Kingdom which shares ties in the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) along with Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Good relations are also maintained with the United States; the US is perceived as a stabilizing force in the region to counterbalance the regional powers. Singapore supports the concept of Southeast Asian regionalism and plays an active role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Singapore is a founding member. Singapore is also a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum which has its Secretariat in Singapore. As part of its role in the United Nations, Singapore held a rotational seat on the UN Security Council from 2001 to 2002. It participated in UN peacekeeping/observer missions in Kuwait, Angola, Kenya, Cambodia and Timor Leste. ==Timeline of Singapore foreign relations== * 7 August 1965 – Singapore and Malaysia sign the separation agreement. * 9 August 1965 – The Malaysian Parliament votes to expel Singapore from the Federation; Singapore becomes independent after separating from Malaysia. * 9 August 1965 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established and S. Rajaratnam becomes Singapore's first Minister for Foreign Affairs. * 21 September 1965 – Singapore is admitted into the United Nations as the 117th member. * 15 October 1965 – Singapore becomes the 22nd member of the Commonwealth. * 8 August 1967 – Singapore becomes a founding member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 1968 – Britain announces its intention to withdraw its armed forces from Singapore. * September 1970 – Singapore is admitted into the Non-Aligned Movement. * 14–22 January 1971 – Singapore hosts the 18th Conference of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. * April 1971 – Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand sign the Five Power Defence Arrangements. * 31 October 1971 – The last British military forces withdraws from Singapore. * 1973 – Singapore joins General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). * 1 June 1980 – S. Dhanabalan becomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs. * March 1981 – Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Tommy Koh, assumed the Presidency of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. * September 1988 – Wong Kan Seng becomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs. * 3 October 1990 – Singapore and People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations. * January 1993 – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat set up in Singapore. * 2 January 1994 – S. Jayakumar becomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs. * 5 May 1994 – United States media sensationalise the caning incident of American teenager Michael P. Fay who was convicted for vandalism. * 1 January 1995 – Inauguration of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ambassador K Kesavapany is elected for a one-year term as Chairman of the General Council. * 9–13 December 1996 – Singapore hosts the 1st WTO Ministerial Conference. * 15 January 1998 – Singapore and United States announces agreement for US ships to use a planned $35 million naval base from 2000. * 10 October 2000 – Singapore is elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at the 55th session of the UN General Assembly. * 14 November 2000 – Singapore and New Zealand sign Agreement on Closer Economic Partnership, Singapore's first bilateral Free Trade Agreement. * 1 January 2001 – Singapore starts its two-year term in the United Nations Security Council. * January 2001 – A pipeline feeding gas to Singapore from Indonesia's Natuna field in South China Sea opens. * 13 January 2002 – Singapore and Japan sign the Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement. * April 2003 – SARS virus outbreak in Singapore and other parts of Asia. * 6 May 2003 – Singapore and United States sign the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA). * 12 January 2004 – The new Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi makes his introductory visit to Singapore. * 13 August 2004 – Yeo Yong-Boon George becomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs. * 26 April 2005 – Singapore and Malaysia sign a settlement agreement concerning land reclamation in and around the Straits of Johor. * 15–17 August 2005 – Singapore hosted a multi-national maritime interdiction exercise, codename Exercise Deep Sabre, participated by 13 countries. * 23 August 2005 – Singapore and Australia sign a memorandum of agreement to allow Singapore Armed Forces to train on the Shoalwater Bay Training Area till 2009. * 14 December 2005 – Singapore attends the inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foreign relations of Singapore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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