India and Brunei elevated their ties to “enhanced partnership” as Prime Minister Modi held wide-ranging talks with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah covering defence, trade and investment.
“We support the policy of development, and not expansionism,” Prime Minister Modi said at a banquet hosted by Sultan Bolkiah, without naming any country.
Prime Minister Modi thanked Sultan and the entire royal family for the warm welcome and hospitality.
We also look forward to closer cultural ties,” Modi posted on X soon after his arrival here.
The prime minister will receive an official welcome at the Parliament House on Thursday and call on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

India supports ‘policy of development, not expansionism’: Modi