BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the Sultanate from September 3-4, announced India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday.
The visit concides with the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between India and Brunei Darussalam.
This will be the first ever bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Brunei, added India’s MEA.
“Brunei is an important partner in India’s ‘Act East’ Policy and its vision of Indo-Pacific,” said the ministry.
“The visit will further strengthen our cooperation with Brunei in all existing sectors including defence cooperation, trade & investment, energy, space technology, health cooperation, capacity building, culture as well as people-to-people exchanges and explore avenues for cooperation in newer sectors.”
Modi will go on to visit Singapore from September 4-5 at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
The leaders will review the progress of India–Singapore Strategic Partnership and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest.
“These visits will further strengthen India’s cooperation with Brunei and Singapore both bilaterally and within the regional and multilateral frameworks,” said the MEA. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
