Salman Khurshid to visit Laos

November 01, 2012 19:59

Salman Khurshid will go to Laos to participate in the 9th summit of the 48-member Asia-Europe meeting to be held on November 5-6, his first overseas visit since becoming External Affairs Minister.

Khurshid will speak on "global issues" and on "future direction of ASEM" at the two-day summit of the trans- continental grouping, the official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs said. He would also be having bilateral meetings with other Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the summit, he said.

ASEM is home to 60 percent of the world's population, 50 percent of global GDP and 60 percent of global trade, the spokesperson added.

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