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Prime Minister Modi to visit Laos for ASEAN-India, East Asia Summit

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Laos from October 10-11 to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit.

He is visiting Laos at the invitation of Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which is holding the current Chair of ASEAN.

India is marking a decade of the Act East Policy this year.

Relations with ASEAN are a central pillar of the Act East Policy and our Indo-Pacific vision, a statement said.

The ASEAN-India Summit will review progress of India-ASEAN relations through our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and chart the future direction of cooperation.

The East Asia Summit, a premier leaders-led forum that contributes to building an environment of strategic trust in the region, provides an opportunity for leaders of EAS Participating Countries, including India, to exchange views on issues of regional importance.

Prime Minister Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summits, the statement added.

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