New Delhi: India will host the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi on 25th and 26th January. Leaders of 10 countries attending the summit will also be a part of the Republic Day celebrations at India Gate on 26th January.

Delegation of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN - Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei - arrived on Wednesday. The Indonesian President is scheduled to arrive on Thursday. 

The world leaders will attend India's 69th Republic Day celebration at the India Gate on Friday. The event will mark 25 years of India's ties with the southeast Asian bloc.

The heads of state will meet President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral meetings with the visiting ASEAN leaders comes at a time when India is keen on changing its 'Look East' policy to 'Act East' policy.

Here are the Highlights of the ASEAN leaders arrival in New Delhi: