PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will push for a deal involving cheaper medicines and maritime cooperation with India when he visits the former British colony next week. The Asean leaders will be welcomed by India’s President Ram Nath Kovind in a luncheon. And when I say about cheaper medicines, that would also be talking about it in the context of having cooperation among Asean members,” de la Vega told reporters. “For 2018, India has decided to invite all 10 leaders of Asean which demonstrates India’s important attachment to Asean,” de la Vega added. In 2016, India also ranked as the seventh largest source of foreign direct investments with inflows from India to Asean recorded at nearly $1.5 billion.

Source: Manila Times January 19, 2018 17:26 UTC