Visit to Malaysia, Singapore to strengthen economic ties: PM Modi

“We are conscious that our growth…will have a few environmental impact”, he said, days ahead of the Climate Change summit in Paris. Modi may also carry discussions with leading command of Malaysia, including his counterpart Razak, on strategies to ramp up bilateral assistance in a selection of areas including protection and safety and take the proper connections to your new level.

Leaders will also discuss the new Plan of Action (2016-2020) to further enhance ASEAN-India cooperation along the politico-security, economic and socio-cultural pillars.

A personalised postage stamp featuring Prime Minister Narendra was issued by Turkey in remembrance of the just concluded G20 Leaders Summit here.

Modi can address the Asia Summit on Sunday. Modi has said that Malaysia is at the core of the his governmentis “Work East Coverage”.

This includes the inauguration of the Torana Gate which was launched in 2010 by Modi’s predecessor, Manmohan Singh.

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

With this, the investment in research in several fields, including food security, energy, water resources, healthcare, smart cities and rapid urbanisation by the Indian government, UK Research Councils and third parties now exceeds 200 million pounds.

Allan Hogarth, the Head of Policy at Amnesty United Kingdom, said: “The United Kingdom needs to do more than unfurl the red carpet for yet another world leader, Mr Cameron must raise a few red flags on human rights concerns too”.

After Malaysia, Modi will travel to Singapore. Singapore is India’s second largest investor, especially in the power and port sectors. Modi said the world is seeing a changing character of terrorism with “global links, franchise relations, home-grown terrorism and use of cyber space for recruitment and propaganda”. “Their achievements in urban development, urban transport, waste management, development of ports and skill development are well known”, he said.

Addressing news persons at Antalya, Ministry of External Affairs ( MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed keen interest in having the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India.

The bilateral trade with Singapore is about Dollars 17 billion and Singaporean companies are very active in India since early 1990s, including in equity markets.

Modi will visit Institute of Technical Education and pay homage at the INA Memorial Marker at Esplanade Park.

The AMR for banks operating in Singapore, such as BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered, is much higher than that of Indian banks. “We will interact at a community programme on the evening of 24th November”, he said.

While both also support an Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process, India and the United Kingdom differ over Pakistan’s role and influence in such an effort – with India concerned that this could lead to a decline in its own influence in Afghanistan.