Modi's 2018 Singapore visit enhanced India's ASEAN profile: Indian envoy

High Commissioner Jawed Ashraf served in Singapore for 43 months and will now move to France

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Singapore in 2018 went a long way in enhancing India's presence in the ASEAN region, outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Jawed Ashraf has said.

The 56-year-old career diplomat who served in Singapore for 43 months will leave on Sunday for his next posting to France.

"PM Modi's visits to Singapore went a long way in enhancing India's presence in the region, in sending a strong signal of our commitment to the region and in several concrete outcomes that have significantly deepened India's strategic partnership with Singapore and ASEAN," he said in a farewell interview