New Delhi: Ahead of the India-ASEAN summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held bilateral talks with his counterpart from Thailand Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on strengthening cooperation in strategic areas of trade, defence and security.
Modi also held a meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong, the current chair of the ASEAN grouping.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar
tweeted, "Our 'Act East' complementing Thailand's Act West
policy! Prime Minister Modi met with PM of Thailand...
Constructive dialogue on economic and commercial exchange,
connectivity, defence & security, cultural cooperation and
people-to-people exchanges."
On the eve of the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit to
celebrate 25 years of India-ASEAN partnership, Modi had held
separate bilateral meetings with Myanmar's State Counsellor
Aung San Suu Kyi, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and
Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines yesterday.
PTI
