Indian Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu represented India at the second Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) held in Belgium on October 18-19, 2018. The theme of the conference was ‘Global partners for global challenges’.
The summit was attended by the heads of 51 European and Asian countries, representatives of European Union and the Secretary General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
At the conference, Vice President Naidu termed terror as a major threat to peace and stability and called for an early conclusion of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.