Asia-Pacific Digest: ASEAN-EAEU FTA and the upcoming Putin’s visit to China

People stroll past a sand sculpture of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi (L) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, May 25, 2014. Pakistan has accepted an invitation to Sharif to attend the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister-designate Modi, an official said on Saturday. The Pakistani premier's attendance will be a first in the history of the nuclear-armed rivals, which have fought three wars since independence in 1947.

People stroll past a sand sculpture of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi (L) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, May 25, 2014. Pakistan has accepted an invitation to Sharif to attend the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister-designate Modi, an official said on Saturday. The Pakistani premier's attendance will be a first in the history of the nuclear-armed rivals, which have fought three wars since independence in 1947.

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