Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim took some time to mingle with the Malaysian delegation during a dinner event amidst a packed schedule of meetings and bilateral discussions in conjunction with the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for a two-day trip to Laos to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit, aiming to review and chart future India-ASEAN relations under the Act East policy and promoting regional stability and strategic trust.

Southeast Asian leaders met in Laos on Wednesday for a summit expected to find ways of tackling a worsening civil war in Myanmar, with Thailand set to propose a new path for a political solution after a regional peace effort made scant progress.