Hong Kong will return to Singapore nine armoured troop carriers it impounded while in transit from military exercises in Taiwan, officials said Tuesday, ending a diplomatic row that also involved China.
Singapore's foreign ministry said Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying told Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a letter that investigations had been completed and the Terrex vehicles would be released.
Leung was responding to an earlier letter sent by Lee, the ministry said in a statement.
The November seizure of the vehicles by Hong Kong customs triggered a row also involving China, which has sovereignty over Hong Kong and considers Taiwan a renegade island awaiting reunification.
The Singapore vehicles were being shipped home from exercises in Taiwan, where the land-starved city-state has for decades trained its troops.