The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will receive visiting Heads of State/Government of the ASEAN-India Special Commemorative Summit tomorrow (December 20, 2012) at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He will also host a cultural event and banquet in honour of the visiting Heads of State/Government.

The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, the Prime Minister of People's Democratic Republic of Laos, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, the President of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, the Prime Minister of Kingdom of Thailand and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam will arrive at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Vice President of India and Prime Minister of India will also be present.

India is hosting the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi on December 20 and 21, 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the ASEAN-India dialogue partnership and the 10th anniversary of ASEAN-India Summit-level partnership. The theme of the summit is 'ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace and Shared Prosperity'.

This release issued at 1250 hrs