Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Naypidaw, Myanmar for the ninth East Asia Summit on November 12 and 13. Myanmar is the first stop on his 10-day, three-nation tour that will also take him to Australia, where he will attend the G-20 meet, and Fiji.
Modi is slated to meet Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Singapore President Tony Tan, besides the host President Thein Sein on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit.
This edition of the East Asia summit will emphasise on freedom of navigation and Sea Lanes of Communication in East and South East Asia amid China’s growing ambitions in the region, official sources indicated.
The East Asia Summit is an annual meeting of national leaders from the East Asian region and adjoining countries. The countries currently part of the EAS grouping are Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Vietnam.