Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brunei on September 3-4 to further enhance bilateral cooperation across all sectors, as announced by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned during a media briefing that this visit will mark the first time an Indian prime minister has visited Brunei.
The visit will also commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Brunei.
According to the MEA, following his visit to Brunei, Modi is scheduled to visit Singapore on September 4-5, at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart.
Furthermore, the MEA stated that the prime minister is set to visit Brunei Darussalam on September 3-4 at the invitation of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
Brunei is an important partner in India's "Act East" policy and its vision of Indo-Pacific. The visit will further strengthen India's cooperation with Brunei in all existing sectors, including defence cooperation, trade and investment, energy, space technology, health cooperation, capacity building, culture as well as people-to-people exchanges, and explore avenues for cooperation in newer sectors, the ministry said.
Modi will thereafter visit Singapore at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
"The leaders will review the progress of the India-Singapore Strategic Partnership and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest," the MEA said.
During his visit, the prime Minister will call on Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and interact with the Singaporean leadership. He will also meet business leaders from Singapore.
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