PM Narendra Modi heads back after 5-day United Kingdom tour, G20 Summit

With the United Kingdom establishing its first permanent military base in Bahrain in 43 years, the Modi government viewing the Indian Ocean as part of its “near and extended neighbourhood”, and 7 million Indians resident in the Gulf, the United Kingdom and India have agreed to work together to strengthen their naval cooperation in the Indian Ocean and exchange information to enhance Maritime Domain Awareness.

Modi may also hold bilateral discussions with top commanders in Malaysia to accelerate cooperation and bilateral trade in many areas including security and protection, taking the proper connections between the two nations to your level that is new. “Robust India-ASEAN ties will give great impetus to our collective dream of making this century an “Asian Century”, Modi said.

“I think, the new Prime Minister is trying to move in a different direction and realises the wisdom and importance of private sector”.

Since 2010, India has a strategic partnership with Malaysia. Talks on a RCEP Arrangement relating to the 10 ASEAN countries and its six FTA partners including India is anticipated to be determined in 2016.

Modi added that his programme includes a visit to the Ramakrishna Mission where he will inaugurate a statue of Swami Vivekananda in Petaling Jaya and conclude his trip with a visit to the Subramaniyar Temple in Batu Caves. The country is now the third biggest source of foreign investment in Britain, which is also home to one of the largest Indian diaspora in the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an interactive session with 169 assistant secretaries in the national capital on Thursday.

In its first communique on a political issue, leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries (G20), including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday vowed to conduct joint action against growing global terrorism as well as choking terror financing channels. Singapore is a leading investor in India and several Indian companies are expanding their operations to Singapore.

Indian High Commissioner T.S. Tirumurthi told StarMetro in June that the delay was due to the design, which had to conform to the requirements of Malaysia.

Rafidah said while economic integration had been the catalyst of Asean, the people agenda must also be highlighted to create the Asean identity. However, as India develops and undertakes huge economic and corporate reform, exciting investment opportunities could present themselves, although a long-term horizon is essential.

He will visit Institute of Technical Education and pay homage at the INA Memorial Marker at Esplanade Park. “Over 3,50,000 Indians stay in Singapore”.

“Build responsive, inclusive and collective solutions… this will be the theme when India assumes presidency of BRICS”, Modi said.