{"id":305496,"date":"2018-11-13T20:14:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=305496"},"modified":"2018-11-13T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:14:19","slug":"pm-narendra-modi-leaves-for-singapore-to-attend-asean-summits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-narendra-modi-leaves-for-singapore-to-attend-asean-summits\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Narendra Modi leaves for Singapore to attend ASEAN Summits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-narendra-modi-leaves-for-singapore-to-attend-asean-summits\/modi-singaporee\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305497\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305497 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/modi-singaporee-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/modi-singaporee-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/modi-singaporee-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/modi-singaporee-696x527.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/modi-singaporee-555x420.jpg 555w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/modi-singaporee.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked for two day visit to Singapore to attend East Asia Summit, ASEAN-India informal meet and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi before departing said, \u201cI will be visiting Singapore on 14-15 November, to participate in the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits. In addition, I would also participate in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Leaders&#8217; Meeting. My participation in these meetings symbolizes our continued commitment to strengthening our engagement with ASEAN Member States and with the wider Indo-Pacific region. I am looking forward to my interactions with other ASEAN and East Asia Summit Leaders,\u201d PM added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On 14 November, PM Modi will be the first Head of Government to deliver the Keynote Address at the Singapore Fintech Festival. Fintech is the world&#8217;s largest event on financial technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi will hold several bilateral meetings during his two day stay in Singapore, including one with the US Vice President Mike Pence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Narendra Modi will also interact with the participants and winners of the joint India-Singapore Hackathon. Modi said, \u201cIt is my firm belief that if we provide the right encouragement and a nurturing ecosystem, our youth has the ability to become global leaders in providing solutions to the challenges facing humanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI am confident that my visit to Singapore will impart fresh momentum to our growing partnership with ASEAN and East Asia Summit nations,\u201d PM said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked for two day visit to Singapore to attend East Asia Summit, ASEAN-India informal meet and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit. PM Modi before departing said, \u201cI will be visiting Singapore on 14-15 November, to participate in the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits. In addition, I would also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":305497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[380,9668,9669,316,9667,1925],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305499,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305496\/revisions\/305499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}