Manila, Nov 14: On the last day of his three-day visit to the Philippines for the crucial ASEAN and East Asia Summits, PM Modi today held one-on-one dialogues with his counterparts from Japan and Australia -- Shinzo Abe and Malcom Turnbull  giving a "new vigour" to the bilateral ties.
"Delighted to have met you, Prime Minister @TurnbullMalcolm. Our talks today add new vigour to the friendship between India and Australia," the Prime Minister tweeted in response to a missive from the Australian leader. For his part, Mr Turnbull earlier tweeted saying, "Productive meeting this morning in Manila with Prime Minister @narendramodi focused on increased economic cooperation, security, and counter-terrorism. #ASEANSummit".  Continuing with his high-level bilateral engagements here on the the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit and other related conclaves, the Prime Minister on Tuesday met his Japanese counterpart and a "valued friend". Besides, Mr Modi interacted with the New Zealand Prime Minister. "Wonderful meeting with PM @jacindaardern. We discussed deepening economic and cultural cooperation between India and New Zealand," he wrote in a twitter post. Mr Modi also met Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam. He also met leaders from Vietnam. "Meeting a valued friend and a trusted partner. PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo held a wide ranging and engaging discussion on intensifying Special Strategic and Global Partnership between the two countries," MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted posting a photograph of Mr Modi and Mr Shinzo Abe shaking hands. On his interaction with Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister wrote, "My friend @AbeShinzo and I had an excellent meeting in Manila. We reviewed the ground covered on various aspects of India-Japan ties and discussed ways to deepen cooperation between our economies and people". In another tweet, Mr Kumar said, "PM @narendramodi met with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam. Both leaders had fruitful discussions on expanding bilateral partnership, specially in trade and investment, renewable energy, culture and people to people contacts". The Prime Minister met his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc. "Strengthening comprehensive strategic partnership. Prime Minister @narendramodi and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam shared common goal to deepen bilateral relations between the two countries," the MEA spokesman said in his missive in the micro blogging site.
During the last three-day high-level diplomatic engagements, Mr Modi also met US President Donald Trump and Philippines Prez Rodrigo Duterte. Officials from India, Australia, Japan and the US on November 12 held a crucial meeting giving for the first time a concrete strategy to the much talked about strategic tie up amongst themselves to take on China. UNI
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