新加坡虽然是不结盟运动的成员国，奉行和平、中立和不结盟的外交政策，它主张在独立自主、平等互利和互不干涉内政的基础上，同所有不同社会制度的国家发展友好合作关系，但是却将自己看作是美国在东南亚地区的主要盟友。此外她在东南亚国家联盟中发挥重要作用，是该组织的5个发起国之一。
问：第一，新加坡外交部日前发表声明，对于中方在南海问题上的立场表示关切，中方对此作何评论？
Q: First, How do you comment on the recent statement by the Singaporean Foreign Ministry that expressed concern over China's position on the South China Sea issue?
在表明其将接受日本援救队伍的数小时之后，外交部于周五在一份声明中称，来自俄罗斯、韩国和新加坡的专家组也将被允许进入。
Hours after saying it will accept a Japanese rescue team, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement early Friday that specialist crews from Russia, South Korea, and Singapore would be welcome as well.
基肖尔•马布巴尼是新加坡前外交官，现在是李光耀公共政策学院的院长。
Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean former diplomat who is now dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, put this trenchantly in an article in Time in March: “Europe just doesn’t get it.
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