Saturday, April 11, 2009

India-ASEAN summit postponed

New Delhi, Apr 11 (PTI) The India-ASEAN summit scheduled for today at Pattaya has been postponed following anti-government demonstrations in Thailand.

Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath had reached Pattaya yesterday, representing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the summit.

The summit was to review the progress of signing the free-trade agreement between New Delhi and the 10-nation South East Asian trading bloc, an official said here.

Nath was also to participate in the East-Asia summit.

India-ASEAN and the East-Asia summit, comprising countries like Japan and China, were to coincide with the ASEAN summit at the Thai Holiday Resort which saw anti-government demonstrations. PTI

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