PM to embark on four-day visit to Brunei, Indonesia
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will begin tomorrow a four-day visit to Brunei and Indonesia, as India eyes greater economic ties and cooperation in areas of security, connectivity and culture with South-East Asian countries.Singh
After Brunei, Singh will visit Indonesia from October 10-12 and is expected to discuss key issues of security, trade and investments, connectivity and cultural cooperation with top leadership there.
In recent years, India and Indonesia have considerably expanded their cooperation in areas like trade, defence and security.
Trade and investments between the two countries have shown a positive growth trend and reached USD 20 billion in 2012-13, despite a dip last year due to the global financial situation.
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