PM to address ‘Sawasdee PM Modi’ community programme in Bangkok today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a three-day visit to Thailand to participate in ASEAN, East Asia and RCEP summits. During course of his visit, PM Modi is scheduled to dress Indian diaspora based in Thailand. Prime Minister Modi also said that he is looking forward to connecting to Indian diaspora. 

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PM Modi to dress Indian diaspora

Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said that Indians living in Thailand have contributed in various spheres. Here's his tweet:

"Connecting with Indian diaspora is something I always look forward to. At 6 PM IST this evening in Bangkok, I would interact with Indian community based in Thailand. ir contributions to Thailand in various spheres are valuable."

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In dition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also launch  commemorative coin, marking 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. He will also release of a Thai translation of Tamil classic Tirukkural, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Apart from summits, PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with a number of or world leers present in Bangkok. 

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He emphasised importance of ASEAN-related Summits. He said that India's relation with ASEAN is built around key pillars of connectivity, capacity-building, commerce and culture. Prime Minister will review with ASEAN partners cooperative activities and examine plans for strengning ASEAN and ASEAN-led mechanisms, enhancing connectivity (sea, land, air, digital and people-to-people), deepening ecomic partnerships, and expanding maritime cooperation. 

Meanwhile, MEA h underscored  diplomatic importance of ASEAN nations. Ministry of External Affairs' Secretary (East) Vijay Thakur Singh on Thursday said that this will be Prime Minister Modi's seventh ASEAN-India summit and sixth East Asia Summit.

"Last year, in January, you would recall that India h hosted 25th-anniversary commemorative summit of Indo-ASEAN in which all 10 ASEAN leers h participated. n, Delhi Declaration was opted wherein it was agreed to furr strengn and deepen ASEAN-India strategic partnership," she ded.

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