Act East Policy

PM Modi today attended the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Laos. At the summit, PM Modi also announced a 10-point plan to strengthen ASEAN-India comprehensive partnership and asserted that ties with the regional grouping were critical for Asia's future.

Giving impetus to India's 'Act East' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a series of meetings in Laos, which is where the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits are being held.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day official visit to Laos in southeast Asia to attend the annual ASEAN-India Summit. He will also attend the East Asia Summit as New Delhi's Act East policy gains momentum.

PM Modi said the basis of India's foreign policy are his government's 'Neighbourhood First' and 'Act East' initiatives, and told NDTV these allow the country to "see who is close to us and, therefore, we have a place in the world"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today slammed the Congress, saying the party had adopted the 'loot east' policy while the BJP turned it into the 'Act East' policy.

The Free Movement Regime (FMR), which allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without visa, will be ended soon, a senior government functionary said on Tuesday.

Describing ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) as a crucial pillar of India's Act East Policy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said it plays an important role in the emerging dynamic of the Indo-Pacific.

We have not formally merged the Quad with our Act East policy but the convergence is taking place in reality.

India and Vietnam inked a vision document to further broad-base the "scope and scale" of defence ties by 2030 and sealed a mutual logistics support pact to allow militaries of the two sides to use each other's bases.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said that the coming together of 'Act East' and 'Neighbourhood First' policies will have an enormous reinforcing impact for the country beyond the confines of South Asia.

Noting that India's ties with ASEAN are rooted in "history, geography and culture", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the success of India's Act East policy is reflected in drawing the country more comprehensively into Indo

The north eastern part of India is situated where India's Act East policy and Japan's vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific converge, said Satoshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to India.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne along with Indonesia's Menteri Luar Negeri and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and held talks on boosting India's Act East policy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Thailand, has a number of engagements today. PM Modi will participate in a business event and then co-chair the 16th ASEAN-India summit with Thailand Prime Minister. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will take part in the 14th East Asia summit. The agenda of the meet would be to review...

India will extend a 1 billion dollar Line of Credit to Russia's Far East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today, unveiling the country's "Act Far East" policy during his two-day visit there. In the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister said India will walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Russia in its development of the ...

PM Modi today attended the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Laos. At the summit, PM Modi also announced a 10-point plan to strengthen ASEAN-India comprehensive partnership and asserted that ties with the regional grouping were critical for Asia's future.

Giving impetus to India's 'Act East' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a series of meetings in Laos, which is where the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits are being held.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day official visit to Laos in southeast Asia to attend the annual ASEAN-India Summit. He will also attend the East Asia Summit as New Delhi's Act East policy gains momentum.

PM Modi said the basis of India's foreign policy are his government's 'Neighbourhood First' and 'Act East' initiatives, and told NDTV these allow the country to "see who is close to us and, therefore, we have a place in the world"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today slammed the Congress, saying the party had adopted the 'loot east' policy while the BJP turned it into the 'Act East' policy.

The Free Movement Regime (FMR), which allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without visa, will be ended soon, a senior government functionary said on Tuesday.

Describing ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) as a crucial pillar of India's Act East Policy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said it plays an important role in the emerging dynamic of the Indo-Pacific.

We have not formally merged the Quad with our Act East policy but the convergence is taking place in reality.

India and Vietnam inked a vision document to further broad-base the "scope and scale" of defence ties by 2030 and sealed a mutual logistics support pact to allow militaries of the two sides to use each other's bases.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said that the coming together of 'Act East' and 'Neighbourhood First' policies will have an enormous reinforcing impact for the country beyond the confines of South Asia.

Noting that India's ties with ASEAN are rooted in "history, geography and culture", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the success of India's Act East policy is reflected in drawing the country more comprehensively into Indo

The north eastern part of India is situated where India's Act East policy and Japan's vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific converge, said Satoshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to India.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne along with Indonesia's Menteri Luar Negeri and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and held talks on boosting India's Act East policy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Thailand, has a number of engagements today. PM Modi will participate in a business event and then co-chair the 16th ASEAN-India summit with Thailand Prime Minister. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will take part in the 14th East Asia summit. The agenda of the meet would be to review...

India will extend a 1 billion dollar Line of Credit to Russia's Far East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today, unveiling the country's "Act Far East" policy during his two-day visit there. In the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister said India will walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Russia in its development of the ...