Overview
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will lead India’s delegation in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi joins the ASEAN–India Summit online.
- A planned in-person meeting between Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Kuala Lumpur will not take place.
- Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal reported recent positive movement on market-access issues in the review of the 2009 ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement launched in 2023.
- Negotiators are working through differences on the pace of tariff liberalization and phased implementation, with the next round of talks likely in November.
- Timor Leste is expected to be formally inducted as ASEAN’s 11th member during the Kuala Lumpur meetings.