Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the Asean summit in Malaysia in order to avoid broaching the issue of Pakistan in a possible meeting with US President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Modi had backtracked from his proposed visit to Malaysia over the weekend to attend the summit and opted to join the discussions "virtually" instead. The opposition Congress party had blamed the change of plan on Modi's fear of meeting Trump.

The annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a 10-nation grouping, as well as associated meetings, was held from Oct 26 to 28 in Kuala Lumpur.

"Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed away from a regional leaders summit in Malaysia this week to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump and having a possible discussion about

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