New Delhi: Starting as we speak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to go to Brunei and Singapore. On September 3-4, he’ll go to Brunei on the invitation of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah to reinforce bilateral cooperation throughout numerous sectors. This marks the primary bilateral go to by an Indian prime minister to Brunei, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Brunei.
Brunei is a key associate in India’s “Act East” coverage and its broader imaginative and prescient for the Indo-Pacific area.
The go to is anticipated to bolster India’s cooperation with Brunei throughout numerous sectors, together with protection, commerce, funding, vitality, area know-how, well being, capability constructing, tradition, and people-to-people exchanges, whereas additionally exploring alternatives in new areas, in keeping with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
Jaideep Mazumdar, Secretary of State for Exterior Affairs, introduced that Prime Minister Modi will have interaction in bilateral discussions with Brunei’s leaders throughout his go to, specializing in all features of their cooperation and relationship.
“As , we share a really heat and pleasant relationship with Brunei and our engagements cowl a number of areas equivalent to defence, commerce and funding, vitality, area, know-how, well being, capability, constructing, tradition and vibrant people-to-people exchanges,” ANI quoted Mazumdar as saying.
In line with him, the Indian diaspora in Brunei, numbering round 14,000, features a vital proportion of medical doctors and lecturers who’ve gained respect and recognition for his or her contributions to the nation’s financial system and society.
PM Modi’s Go to To Singapore
Modi will thereafter go to Singapore on the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on September 4-5. This marks his first go to to the nation in almost six years.
Through the journey, PM Modi will maintain conferences with Singaporean officers and President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. In line with a press release from the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, he will even have interaction with Singaporean enterprise leaders.
