Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said strong outcomes were expected from PM Narendra Modi's Vietnam visit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Vietnam is a bilateral one and is expected to yield very strong outcomes, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said today.
On the first leg of his two nation tour to China and Vietnam, the Prime Minister will reach Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi later today.
"Prime Minister's visit to Vietnam is a bilateral one. It was a long standing invitation. Let us see what comes out of the meeting tomorrow, but you can expect very strong outcomes. He will leave for the G20 meeting after that." Mr Jaishankar said today.
Yesterday Preeti Saran, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, had said that during the visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
She added that Vietnam and India are important strategic partners and the Prime Minister's visit is aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties, including defence, security and trade.
The Prime Minister will leave from Vietnam for China on Saturday evening, to attend the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou.
According to Ministry officials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to take up issues like cross border mobility of skilled professionals, terror financing, tax evasion and a reduction in remittance transaction cost among others with other leaders at the G-20 summit.
Speaking about the ongoing Indian Ocean Conference in Singapore, Secretary Jaishankar said that such events raise consciousness about issues in the Indian Ocean region among member countries.
"It brings different players with different interests together to the same platform to the next change. At the end of the day Indian Ocean will only work if there is a consultation and cooperation among the state and to do that first you should meet, first we should exchange ideas. That's what this is about," he said.