India focuses on ‘Act East’ policy in first 100 days of Modi 3.0
Hindustan TimesIndia’s ‘Act East’ policy has been put on the front burner in the first hundred days of Modi 3.0 with the President, Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister all travelling to South-East Asia to cement bilateral cooperation with ASEAN countries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong visited AEM Holdings Ltd, a lead player in semiconductors. In the past 100 days, President Draupadi Murmu travelled to Timor-Leste apart from Fiji and New Zealand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Malaysia in New Delhi and then travelled to Brunei and Singapore to deepen bilateral ties. While PM Modi’s visit to Brunei was tied to close bilateral relations with the Sultanate, it was also to dispel any misgivings of Southeast Asian countries that New Delhi had little time for the region.