PM Modi set to attend 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Laos to bolster India's Act East Policy

Updated:1 year, 11 months ago

New Delhi, October 09 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Laos from October 10-11, where he is set to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit, being hosted by Laos, which is the current Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. MEA, Secretary East Jaideep Mazumdar said, “Prime Minister Modi will be travelling to Vientiane in Lao PDR, for the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit at the invitation of Prime Minister of Lao PDR, Sonexay Siphandone. The visit will be over 10th and 11th October. We attach great significance to all ASEAN-related mechanisms. This will be the Prime Minister's tenth attendance at the ASEAN-India Summit...The significance of this particular summit will be that it is the tenth anniversary of the Prime Minister's Act East policy...We will be expressing our support for the chair's theme which is Connectivity and Resilience...We expect that before the end of the year, we will have direct flight connectivity with 2 more ASEAN countries...Moving on to the East Asia Summit, which encompasses 10 ASEAN countries and 8 partners, Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States. Timor-Leste will also be a partner as an observer.”

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