Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-chaired the India-ASEAN Summit and attended the golden jubilee celebrations of an Indian business group among his other engagements on Sunday, the second day of his Thailand visit. The PM arrived in the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday on a on a three-day visit during which he will also attend the 14th East Asia Summit, the third summit meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and hold bilateral meetings with various world leaders. The prime minister’s visit comes in the midst of renewed diplomatic efforts to convince New Delhi to support signing of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal involving 16 Asia-Pacific nations to facilitate creation of the biggest free-trade region in the world. On Saturday evening, the PM addressed the Indian community in Bangkok at an event called ‘Sawasdee PM Modi’ and also released a commemorative coin marking the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev and the Thai translation of Tamil classic ‘Tirukkural’ written by Thiruvalluvar.
