New Delhi [India], Jan 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcome Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong here on Friday. Prime Minister Modi had address the plenary session of the India-ASEAN commemorative summit on Thursday. The focus of the summit will be counter-terrorism, security, trade and connectivity. All 10 leaders of ASEAN countries had attend the Summit, which marks the 25 years of Indo-ASEAN ties.

The national capital has been brought under a ground-to-air security cover in view of the Republic Day celebrations. Thousands of armed personnel have been keeping a tight vigil for Republic Day in Delhi and in border areas of the city to ensure a smooth passage of the celebrations on Friday. Additional security personnel will be deployed on high- rises with anti-aircraft guns. CCTV cameras have been installed and control rooms have been set up to monitor the feed from the cameras. Police officials were maintaining a tight vigil at strategic points.

All marketplaces have been put on alert and Delhi Police teams were carrying out security audits. The police have deployed dog squads in key market areas. The entire central and New Delhi region will have nearly 50,000 security personnel drawn from the Delhi Police and the central security forces. Several security layers have been put in place and Delhi Police personnel along with paramilitary and NSG commandos have been deployed.Nine ASEAN leaders have already arrived in New Delhi and only Indonesian President Joko Widodo will come today.In an unprecedented event, all the 10 ASEAN leaders are the chief guests at the Republic Day parade.

Prime Minister @narendramodi welcomes PM of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith at Rajpath #RepublicDay celebrations pic.twitter.com/uiQ4aLE7R7

— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) January 26, 2018