By IRNA
New Delhi : India’s Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh left for Singapore Tuesday to attend the 6th Indo-ASEAN and Third East Asia Summit.
The Summit is likely to adopt a Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment, besides discussing regional and international issues. It has identified energy, education, finance, avian influenza and national disaster mitigation as five areas of cooperation.
The Prime Minister will attend a reception hosted by Singapore Prime Minister Lee to coincide with the exhibition for which many ancient and priceless artifacts have been specially flown from India.
On the sidelines of both Summit meetings, Dr Singh will meet leaders from other countries, including Premier Wen Jiabao of China, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan, Prime Minister Badawi of Malaysia and Prime Minister Thein Sein of Myanmar.
Meanwhile, on the eve of his visit to Singapore, Singh said on Monday he would “discuss with the ASEAN leaders new measures to expand the horizon of cooperation” in several areas.
These include “not just greater economic integration but also people-to-people contacts, science and technology, health, transport and human resource development,” he said.