Defence, Security High On Agenda As PM Modi Visits Vietnam: 10 Points

Hanoi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc for what was described as a tete-a-tete this morning before they hold formal talks in Hanoi.
Here are the 10 latest developments:

    PM Modi landed in Vietnam late last evening in the first visit by an Indian premier in 15 years. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had visited the country in 2001.
    During PM Modi's two-day visit, India and Vietnam will sign more than 10 agreements in sectors like defence, health and space. The Prime MInister will also meet Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.
    The Prime Minister will pay homage to national heroes and martyrs at monuments this morning before holding bilateral talks. Prime Minister Phuc will host PM Modi at a banquet lunch after the talks.
    Indian businessmen in Vietnam said they hope PM Modi's visit will strengthen trade ties between the two countries, with a focused and structured approach to reach a target of 15 billion dollars by 2020.
    PM Modi leaves on Saturday evening for the Chinese city of Hangzhou, where the G20 summit is being held.
    On Sunday, PM Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit.
    It will be their first meeting after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in Uzbekistan capital Tashkent in June, where PM Modi had urged China to make a "fair and objective" assessment of India's application for membership to the xx-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group.
    PM Modi will meet US President Barack Obama on Monday, September 5.
    In Hangzhou, PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with the premiers of Australia, Saudi Arabia and Argentina. He will meet UK Prime Minister Theresa May for the first time since she took charge in July.
    Before the G 20 summit begins on Sunday, PM Modi will attend a meeting of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. PM Modi returns to India on September 5 and two days later will leave for Vientiane, Laos, for two summits.

Source:-NDTV
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to embark on two nation tour to Vietnam, China today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-nation tour to Vietnam and China starting on Friday. During the first leg of his four-day visit, the Prime Minister will first reach Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Friday night, where he will meet President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and hold wide-ranging talks with the top leadership to deepen ties in key areas of defence, security and trade, and oil exploration.

Briefing the media on Thursday, Secretary (East), External Affairs Ministry, Preeti Saran said, “Vietnam is India’s important strategic partner and the visit is aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties, including defence, security and trade.

On September 3, the Prime Minister will leave for Hangzhou, China, from Vietnam in the evening to attend the G20 summit on September 4 and 5. “During the visit, India will take up issues like cross-border mobility of professionals, terror financing, tax evasion and reduction in remittance transaction cost among others,” said Secretary (West) Sujata Mehta. She said Prime Minister Modi will be the lead speaker at the session on inclusive and inter connected development.
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On the sidelines of the Summit, the Prime Minister will have bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It would be the first meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Jinping after their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in Uzbekistan capital Tashkent, where the Prime Minister had urged China to make a “fair and objective” assessment of India’s application on merit for India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

On August 12, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited New Delhi possibly to firm up the agenda for the talks between President Jinping and Prime Minister Modi. According to a report in China’s state-owned Global Times, Foreign Minister Yi may also use his visit to New Delhi to acquire a perspective and an assessment of Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Vietnam and Laos.

According to reports, Beijing is viewing Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Vietnam rather closely, given that Hanoi is also a party in the SCS dispute and has also staked a maritime and rich energy resource claim to use of its waters. The Prime Minister will also attend a BRICS leaders’ meet. He will return to India on September 5.

On September 7, Prime Minister Modi will leave for Laos PDR on a two-day visit to attend the annual India-ASEAN and East Asia summits. At the ASEAN-India Summit, the Prime Minister and ASEAN leaders will review ASEAN-India cooperation and discuss its future direction in the areas of politico-security, economic and socio-cultural cooperation. The leaders will also exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual interest and concern.

Source:-theindianexpress
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