No Modi-Trump meeting soon as PM to virtually attend ASEAN summit in Malaysia

Prime Minister Modi with Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually attend the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit to be held on October 26 upon the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. At the summit to be hosted by Malaysia, the progress of ASEAN-India relations will be reviewed and new initiatives to strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will be discussed. MEA said strengthening relations with ASEAN remains the fundamental pillar of India’s Eastern Policy and Indo-Pacific vision. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ASEAN leaders will jointly review the progress in ASEAN-India relations and discuss initiatives to strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” the statement said.

The next day, on October 27, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent the Prime Minister at the 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur. The East Asia summit will provide an opportunity to deliberate on challenges to peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and exchange views on regional and international developments. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi shared details of his meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. In a post on

Confirming this, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Modi will not travel to Kuala Lumpur for the 47th ASEAN Summit but will participate virtually. “We had touched upon the organization of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month. He informed me that he would attend virtually due to the Deepavali celebrations going on in India at that time,” Ibrahim said. he said.

Detailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent meeting with a colleague, Ibrahim underlined efforts to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. “Last night, I received a call from a colleague of the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, to discuss efforts to strengthen Malaysia-India bilateral relations to a more strategic and comprehensive level. India remains an important partner for Malaysia in trade and investment, as well as close cooperation in the technology, education and regional security sectors,” Anwar said. he said.

He concluded by reaffirming Malaysia’s commitment to bilateral and regional cooperation. “Malaysia will remain committed to strengthening Malaysia-India relations and further developing ASEAN-India cooperation towards a more peaceful and prosperous region,” he said.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump announced his diplomatic trip to Malaysia, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday (local time), highlighting an important meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. Trump also announced that he canceled the planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin due to the lack of progress in diplomatic efforts. “It didn’t feel right to me,” Trump said, adding that he didn’t want a “wasted meeting.” Speaking about his trip, Trump said, “Next week we will go to Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. I will meet with Chinese President Xi in South Korea. We will have a very long meeting planned. We can solve many of our questions, doubts and tremendous assets together… We canceled the meeting with President Putin. It didn’t feel right to me. I felt like we were going to get where we needed to get, so I canceled…”

The cancellation of the Putin summit came after Russia rejected Trump’s proposed ceasefire plan in Ukraine. Trump is optimistic about his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hoping to strengthen discussion to end the Russia-Ukraine war. He plans to discuss energy and oil with Xi in a bid to force Russia to negotiate a peace deal.

(Except for the title, this news has not been edited by the DNA team and is published from ANI news agency).