Head start: President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady Savita, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the ASEAN Heads of State and their spouses at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. A common topic at all the discussions that Prime Minister Modi participated was counter-terrorism. Working with ManilaA Joint Working Group meeting is likely to be held between the two countries to finalise details of counter-terror cooperation between Delhi and Manila. Mr. Modi also held a discussion with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The security scenario in the Rakhine province was also discussed between Prime Minister Modi and Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor of Myanmar.

Source: The Hindu January 25, 2018 17:23 UTC