President Duerte made his first trip abroad in 2018 to India, for a regional summit with Indian President Narendra Modi and the other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders. Duerte and Modi met at a bilateral summit where they discussed the possibility of an agreement with the Indian pharmaceutical industry organized to begin exploratory talks for the purchase of cheap medicines in the subcontinent. The next India-Asean memorial summit, scheduled for January 25, will focus on maritime cooperation and on regional and international issues.
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