Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is due to leave Hanoi on September 6 for Vientiane, the capital of Laos, to attend the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings.
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The East Asia summit will be attended by the leaders of the 10 Asean nations and those of India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Russian Federation. “This is the third time I am attending these Summits”.
Chinais involved in a raging dispute with the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysiaand Brunei over ownership of territory in the SCS, a busy waterway through which India’s 50 per cent trade passes.
Indiaand the USA have been calling for freedom of passage in the global waters, much to the discomfort to Beijing, whose claim over SCS was recently struck down by an worldwide tribunal in favour of the Philippines.
During his two-day visit, Modi is scheduled to have several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Summits, beginning with an interaction with Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe today.
On July 19, 2016 in Beijing, Li said in a congratulatory message sent to Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith that the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship, established 25 years ago, has withstood various tests and the two-way cooperation has yielded plentiful fruits, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both sides and becoming a paradigm of equal treatment and common development between countries of different sizes.
On Nov. 21, 2015, Li pledged during the 18th China-ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur that China is offering infrastructure loans totaling 10 billion USA dollars to ASEAN countries.
East Asia Summit is the premier forum for discussions on the challenges and opportunities before the Asia Pacific region, he had said. Since its inception in 2005, it has played a significant role in the strategic, geopolitical and economic evolution of East Asia.
Indiais a founding member of the East AsiaSummit.
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The East Asia summit will be attended by the leaders of the 10 Asean nations and those of India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Russian Federation.
