New Delhi. PM Narendra Modi will visit Laos from October 10 to 11 to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit. Modi is visiting Laos at the invitation of Prime Minister of Lao People’s Democratic Republic Sonex Siphandon. Sifandon is the current Chairman of ASEAN. India’s ‘Act East Policy’ is completing one decade this year.
Relations with ASEAN are a central pillar of the Act East policy and Indo-Pacific approach, a statement said. The ASEAN-India Summit will review the progress and chart the future course of India-ASEAN relations through our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The statement said that PM Modi is likely to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit.