Modi to attend Asean Summit virtually, says Anwar

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 47th Asean Summit virtually as the Deepavali celebrations will still be taking place in the country at that time, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  Anwar said he was informed of this during a phone call from Modi on Wednesday (Oct 22) night.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bddntsdx  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 47th ASEAN Summit virtually as the Deepavali

00:08celebrations will still be taking place in the country at that time. Prime Minister Datuk Seri

00:14Anwar Ibrahim said he was informed of this during a phone call from Modi on Wednesday night.

00:20In a Facebook post on Thursday, Anwar said he and Modi also discussed efforts to strengthen

00:26Malaysia-India bilateral relations to a more strategic and comprehensive level.

00:33Meanwhile, Anwar also said Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the ASEAN

00:39Summit, but he will be represented by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister at the summit. Anwar said

00:45this during a media briefing with local and international editors on Wednesday. The 47th

00:52ASEAN Summit and related summits are scheduled to take place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention

00:57Centre from October 26 to 28. More than 30 heads of state and government will gather to discuss

01:05regional peace, economic resilience and inclusive growth under Malaysia's ASEAN Chairmanship

01:102025 theme of Inclusivity and Sustainability.

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