Terrorism, human trafficking, maritime safety, South China Sea dispute and trade will be the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Malaysia from Saturday.
Mr. Modi will hold talks with top leadership of Malaysia, including his counterpart Najib Razak, on ways to ramp up bilateral cooperation in a range of areas including defence and security.
Mr. Modi will address the East Asia Summit on Sunday. India is the founding member of the grouping formed here ten years ago.
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.
On Sunday, Mr. Modi will witness, along with other leaders, the signing of the 2015 Kuala Lumpur Declaration on establishment of the ASEAN community and also the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2025, a document called Forging Ahead Together.
The two summits would provide a platform for Mr. Modi to also interact for the second time with leaders of ASEAN and EAS countries after his interactions with them at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in 2014.
Here is an interactive map of countries visited by the Prime Minister and the highlights of his visit.
