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India didn't spare any efforts to use commerce as a vital tool of international diplomacy either. The Singapore Prime Minister Mr. Goh Chok Tong and Mr. Narasimha Rao exchange visits underscoring the fact that with Singapore keen to invest in emerging world markets India is one potential area of investment importantly high-level delegations accompanied both Prime Ministers Singapore is a leading member of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation trading block an exclusive club to which India's business strategists covet entry Mr. Rao's visit was an attempt to get Singapore;s support to fulfil this ambition. A high-level British Concorde delegation led by the trade minister Mr. Richard Needham came visiting too in November to further encourage possibilities of increasing trade ties between the two