New delhi sources made a statement that the Ministry of External Affairs announced on thursday prime minister narendra modi will visit thailand from november 2-4 during which he will attend the ASEAN-India, east Asia and RCEP summits. Reportedly it was stated that modi will be visiting Bangkok at the invitation of Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Secretary east vijay Thakur Singh said at a media briefing and he will attend the 16th ASEAN-India summit, 14th east Asia Summit and 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) summit and related events, she said.
As per report negotiations for resolving outstanding issues on RCEP are going on in Bangkok, she said, adding the leaders will review the state of negotiations at the summit.
Perhaps it was stated tht the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) bloc comprises 10 ASEAN group members (Brunei, cambodia, indonesia, malaysia, Myanmar, singapore, thailand, the philippines, laos and Vietnam) and their six FTA partners india, china, japan, South korea, australia and New Zealand.
