New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Left for 10-day foreign trip on Tuesday. PM Modi will firstly go to Myanmar then to Australia and later to Fiji.
PM Modi will be in Nay Pyi Taw to attend the ASEAN and East Asia Summits; however, he will also be meeting the leaders of the country during his stay there.
PM Modi asserted that ASEAN is at the core of India’s ‘Act East’ policy.
PM Modi said, “ASEAN is at the core of our Act East Policy and at the centre of our dream of an Asian century, characterised by cooperation and integration.”
PM said that he was looking forward to discussing with ASEAN leaders how to take “our relationship to a new level, which will supplement our deepening bilateral ties with each member”.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with President Thein Sein as well as opposition leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi among others in Myanmar.
Spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin had earlier said, “The Prime Minister will be meeting Aung San Suu Kyi.”
All eyes on an ambitious project which underway to develop a 3,200-km highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand. It was originally envisaged to be completed around 2017 but it is behind schedule and is now expected to be completed in 2018.
Akbaruddin said the PM wishes to meet as many leaders as possible during his foreign visits and there will be several interactions on the sidelines of the multilateral events.
To attend the 12th ASEAN-India Summit and 9th East Asian Summit in Nay Pyi on November 12 and November 13, PM Modi had visit Myanmar.
PM will be attending the G-20 Summit in Brisbane on November 15-16 in Australia.
PM Modi is set to hold “one-on-one meetings” with an array of world leaders on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit which includes Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy Brey. A meeting with US President Barack Obama is also planned.
Bureau Report
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