PM Modi arrives in Bangkok on three-day visit amid focus on RCEP talks

On India-ASEAN summit, Modi said the focus will be on deepening economic partnerships

As negotiations to finalise the long-overdue Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) enter final stages, all eyes are on India whether it will finally take the plunge and agrees to the world's largest trading deal spanning 16-Asia Pacific nations.
 

Multiple diplomatic sources confirmed to PTI that except India, all 15 RCEP member countries were on board in finalising the deal when leaders of the grouping hold a summit meeting on Monday in Nonthaburi, a vibrant city north of Bangkok.
 

In the midst of flurry of meetings on the proposed deal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will attend the RCEP and two