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Vivian Balakrishnan

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Vivian Balakrishnan

@VivianBala

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore. Published by and at the direction of Vivian Balakrishnan

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Joined June 2009

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AI Engineer
@aiDotEngineer
May 16
Replying to @aiDotEngineer
"You cannot govern a technology you have only been briefed on." Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. @VivianBala, echoing @karpathy and @yacineMTB on why he runs NanoClaw: "you can outsource memory and computation, but you cannot outsource your understanding"
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Vivian Balakrishnan
@VivianBala
May 16
Built a personal AI agent - why I did that and what it means. go.gov.sg/aiesingapore
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Vivian Balakrishnan
@VivianBala
May 16
Built a personal AI agent - why I did that and what it means. go.gov.sg/aiesingapore
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Vivian Balakrishnan
@VivianBala
Apr 25
Thanks @Gavriel_Cohen. You’re right. I never used an IDE. Claude Code made all edits. No @karpathy ‘vibe coding’. All I did was ‘tool assembly’ to create a utility that worked in my domain!
Gavriel Cohen
@Gavriel_Cohen
Apr 25
Singapore's Foreign Minister published the architecture for his "second brain for a diplomat" yesterday. Architecture diagrams, design rationale, the works. A developer-style writeup of his own system. It runs on a Raspberry Pi. It connects to his WhatsApp and Gmail, transcribes
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Vivian Balakrishnan
@VivianBala
Apr 9
Welcomed Australian Prime Minister @AlboMP Anthony Albanese to Singapore. Australia is a close friend and strategic partner. We will continue working closely to strengthen cooperation and keep our region open, stable and prosperous.
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@VivianBala
Mar 31
Called on President Edgars Rinkēvičs during my first visit to Latvia. 🇱🇻 We had a good discussion on regional and international developments, including energy and security. In a more uncertain world, it is even more important for us to work closely together.
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@VivianBala
Mar 28
Conveyed Hari Raya Aidilfitri greetings to my good friend Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato’ Seri Utama Mohamad Hasan at his Hari Raya Open House in Rembau today. Reflects the close Singapore–Malaysia relationship and our strong people-to-people ties.
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@VivianBala
Mar 27
Met Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation Dr Robert Floyd, as we mark 30 years of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
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Mar 20
A fruitful visit to Japan reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. For a small state like Singapore, building and sustaining friendships around the world matters. I look forward to strengthening these ties in the years ahead.
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Mar 14
Met Heads of Diplomatic Missions and representatives of international organisations at the Annual Diplomatic Reception hosted by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Singapore deeply values these ties to uphold a stable, open and rules-based international order.
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@VivianBala
Mar 4
Singapore endorses the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation in the Middle East.
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@VivianBala
Feb 23
Welcomed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to Singapore. We exchanged views on Uttar Pradesh’s economy and discussed opportunities to strengthen cooperation.
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@VivianBala
Feb 23
Welcomed Minister of Finance and Planning of the Palestinian Authority Estephan Salameh on his first official visit to Singapore.
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Feb 12
Congratulations to Daren Tang on his nomination for a second term as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization from 2026 to 2032.
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