PM Modi arrives in Indonesia to attend ASEAN-India, East Asia Summit

Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Indonesia on Thursday morning to attend the ASEAN-India meeting and the East Asia Summit. During this, the Prime Minister will discuss India’s partnership with other countries in the strategically important region. In his post on the social media platform ‘X’, Modi said, “I have reached Jakarta. Looking forward to ASEAN related meetings and meeting various leaders to make this planet better. Reached Jakarta for. This is an opportunity to engage with ASEAN and EAS leaders on important regional and global issues.

In his statement before leaving for Jakarta, the Prime Minister termed the engagement with ASEAN as an “important pillar” of India’s “Act East” policy and said that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership signed last year has added a new dimension to the relationship between the two sides. energy is transmitted. Indonesia is hosting the summit as the current chair of ‘ASEAN’ (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). ASEAN is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region and India and several other countries including the US, China, Japan and Australia are its dialogue partners.

Immediately after the meeting, Prime Minister Modi will leave for Delhi at 11.45 am Indian time and will reach Delhi at around 6.45 pm on Thursday. The next day, Prime Minister Modi will hold important bilateral meetings with three countries, including a meeting with US President Joe Biden. The G-20 summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10. US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, among other leaders will participate in the meeting of developing and developed countries.