Singapore will increase the number of its troops training in Australia every year to 14-thousand.
Prime Minister Loong also used the occasion to address regional engagement with China - a major trading partner for Singapore and Australias largest overall.
Chinese tabloids and state media have recently criticised the Singaporean government over its views on territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
The two leaders will sign a deal to update the 2003 free trade agreement - which helped make Singapore Australia's fifth largest trading partner - and improve exchanges in the areas of innovation, science, education and the arts.
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