18 documents to be adopted at 27th Asean Summit

The East Asia Summit, on the other hand, is a grouping of Asean countries plus Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russian Federation and the US.

Modi will be visiting Singapore on November 23 where he will hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

At the India-ASEAN summit, the leaders will take note of the new Plan of Action (2016-2020) to further enhance ASEAN-India cooperation along the politico-security, economic and socio-cultural pillars. In a speech to an audience in the southern Indian city of Chennai, Clinton encouraged India to “not just Look East, but to Engage East and Act East”.

The Indian diaspora in Singapore is about 350,000-strong and India’s bilateral trade with the country is about $ 17 billion.

The Prime Minister will be chairing all the summits and plenary sessions and is expected to take part in bilateral meetings with several counterparts from today until Sunday.

There would be an unveiling of the statue of Swami Vivekananda at Ramakrishna Mission at Petaling Jaya on November 22.

The combined GDP of both sides is Dollars 2.57 trillion. There will be an interaction with them at a community programme. “Our diaspora must be saluted for their accomplishments and bringing the two nations closer”, he said.

Enhancing economic relations and shoring up efforts to combat terrorism will be the focus of Modi when he addresses two powerful regional blocs at the Asean-India and East Asia summits during his three-day visit to Kuala Lumpur beginning Saturday.

A Singapore official who has worked with many Indian leaders in recent years noted “there is better comfort level in bilateral dialogues with India that do not exist with China or Japan”.

Mr Modi said Singapore’s success is indeed noteworthy.

Modi said Singapore’s achievements in urban development, urban transport, waste management, development of ports and skill development were well known. With a focus on skill development, I will visit ITE. He will also pay homage at the INA Memorial Marker at Esplanade Park.

He also said the Indian community events were planned in Singapore and Malaysia as well.

He will return to India on November 24 night.

Obama is arriving after a whirlwind schedule of summits in Turkey and the Philippines, and his presence here underscores the importance the USA places on Malaysia and the region.

“ASEAN is India’s fourth largest trading partner and India is the sixth largest trading partner for ASEAN”. ASEAN is India’s 4th largest trading partner and India is the 6th largest trading partner for ASEAN. Our trade and investment flows are substantially growing.

Among those expected to join summits related to the Asean Summit here is Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

The summit, which begins tomorrow, will be attended by leaders of all 10 Asean member countries. India is a founding member of the EAS and its Prime Ministers have participated in all nine summits held so far.

Malacañang has not discussed the issues that the President would raise during the summit in Kuala Lumpur.