Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wrapped up his five-day visit to Britain and Turkey after making a strong case for a united global fight against terrorism.
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In an article for the prestigious The Economist magazine, whose excerpts were tweeted by its Paris-based correspondent on Wednesday, Modi has written, “India has tremendous social strengths, including pluralism…”
In a series of Facebook posts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his upcoming four-day visit to Malaysia and Singapore would help build on trade ties and strengthen the security cooperation with East Asian nations.
“A meeting with prominent investors will focus on the investment opportunities in India”, he said.
He later stated that during the visit British and Indian companies announced new collaborations worth a total of more than £9 billion.
“Singapore has a strategic location with status as a financial, aviation and maritime hub”. ASEAN is the fourth largest trading spouse in India and India is the sixth-largest trading partner for that ten member group. “But at the same time, we find that a few people are not affected by viral because of immunity and inherent strength to counter the virus”, Modi said. According to Swarup, Modi said India plans to convert 1,000 islands into wind energy farms and connect them to grid for supplying electricity. Cooperation in the areas of Railways modernisation, defence manufacturing, renewable energy and marine security were also discussed. Modi said New Delhi is looking forward to concluding negotiations on the FTA. Modi will be visiting Malaysia and Singapore from November 21 to 24.
It was being talked about earlier, but due to paucity of time, we had to forgo that.
“That will not happen (now)”.
Singapore’s financial centre could, therefore, play an important role in raising finance for the development of India’s manufacturing sector and financing essential infrastructure.
It is learnt that Modi, who is attending the Asean Summit in the city, will spend 30 minutes in Little India, Brickfields where the gate is located.
During his bilateral meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Modi is expected to “directly raise” the issue of granting greater market access to Indian banks in Singapore, a proposal that has been pending for over five years, the official added.
Addressing G20 leaders, at the session on ‘Enhancing Resilience, ‘ he wanted them to address the issues of excessive banking secrecy and complex legal and regulatory frameworks. Even these were not reciprocated by India, exept in 2006.
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He also said the Indian community events were planned in Singapore and Malaysia as well. The bilateral phase of the prime minister’s visit to Malaysia and Singapore will see him interacting with his counterparts from those two countries.
