PM Modi Unlikely To Attend ASEAN Summit In Malaysia; No Meeting With Trump Likely This Year

Last Updated:October 23, 2025, 07:03 IST

While Trump is expected to attend the ASEAN summit, Modi’s diplomatic calendar will focus on the G20 Summit in South Africa in November, which Trump will not attend.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (IMAGE: X)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to travel to Malaysia for the upcoming ASEAN and East Asia Summits, both of which he has regularly attended in the past. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is expected to represent India at the high-level meetings. This is the second time in the past decade that PM Modi will skip the ASEAN summit. Earlier, he had consistently prioritised ASEAN in his foreign policy outreach to Southeast Asia.

Officials have also confirmed that no bilateral meeting between PM Modi and US President Donald Trump is scheduled this year since both are not meeting at the summits. While Trump is expected to attend the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Modi’s diplomatic calendar will focus on the G20 Summit in South Africa in November, which Trump will not attend. There is, as of now, no clarity on the scheduling of the QUAD Summit, which India is slated to host later this year.

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