Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday left for a two-nation tour of Indonesia and Singapore. It will be PM Modi’s first visit to Indonesia, and third to Singapore.

The visit is being seen as India’s attempt at deepening the ties it shares with ASEAN nations in accordance with New Delhi’s Act East policy.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to reach Indonesia on 29 May and leave for Singapore from there on 31 May for a three-day visit till 2 June.

On 31 May, on his way to Singapore, PM Modi will make a brief halt in Malaysia to congratulate the new Malaysian leadership of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

I will be visiting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore on 29th May- 2nd June. India has a robust strategic partnership with all the three countries. I would be attending a wide range of programmes in these countries.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 28, 2018

On 30 May, in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, PM Modi is scheduled to hold a summit with President Joko Widodo. They will inaugurate a kite festival organised jointly by Ahmedabad’s Kite Museum and Jakarta’s Museum Layang Layang.

On 31st May, on my way to Singapore, I will make a brief halt in Malaysia to congratulate the new Malaysian leadership. I look forward to meet Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 28, 2018

After his meeting with President Widodo, the PM will address a CEOs’ forum. The Muslim-majority nation is India’s largest trading partner within the ASEAN with bilateral trade standing at around $18 billion.

PM Modi will also address the Indian community in southeast Asia’s largest nation.

The PM has previously visited Singapore on two occasions – in March 2015 to attend the state funeral of the city-state’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, and then again in November the same year for his first official visit.

This time, the PM will begin his Singapore tour from the India-Singapore Enterprise and Innovation Exhibition.

With strengthening of economic ties with the city-state high on his agenda, the PM will speak extensively about India’s economic engagement with ASEAN at various events centred on business, including a meeting with the top 20 CEOs of Singapore.

On 1 June, he will hold a summit meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and call on Singapore President Halimah Yacob. A visit to Nanyang Technological University is also in his itinerary.

The highlight of the PM’s visit to Singapore will be his keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue on 2 June. It would be the first time that an Indian PM will address the meeting of defence ministers, military chiefs and top defence officials from across the Indo-Pacific, held annually since 2002.