Following his address at the 21st ASEAN-India summit in Vientiane on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Australian Prime Minister and members of the QUAD alliance, Anthony Albanese.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that he is a big fan of India and also admired the country tremendously, following his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Vientiane on Wednesday.
The PM said as he departed for a two-day visit to Laos to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit. PM Modi's visit to Vientiane for a two-day visit comes at the invitation of his Laos counterpart Sonexay Siphandone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Vientiane, Lao PDR from October 10-11, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. The Prime Minister's visit comes at a time when India is marking a decade of the Act East Policy this year.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal will participate in the 21st ASEAN-India Economic Ministers (AEM-India) meeting and the 12th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers Meeting (EAS EMM), the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said in a statement.
The Indian Embassy in Vientiane has successfully rescued 47 Indian nationals trapped in cyber-scam centers within the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Laos. This operation was carried out with the cooperation of Lao authorities, and arrangements have been made to repatriate
Speaking at the 14th East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Jaishankar further noted that the Act East Policy, which was announced at the 9th EAS, has completed a decade now, and India will continue to uphold ASEAN unity and centrality through the Act East Policy.