Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday highlighted the importance of ASEAN as an important pillar of regional, multilateral global order. Dhankar celebrated the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit today, celebrating 30 years of India-ASEAN Partnership with the ASEAN member states’ leaders. In his opening remarks, he said, “India places great value on […]
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9th ASEAN-India meet on transnational crimes held virtually
Ninth ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes (SOMTC) was held in a virtual mode on Thursday where both sides strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms while emphasizing the need to boost international cooperation to combat terrorism and transnational crimes. The Consultation was co-chaired by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs, […]
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PM Modi interacts with Foreign Ministers, representatives of ASEAN countries
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a “good interaction” with Foreign Ministers and Representatives of ASEAN countries on Thursday, as the country celebrates 30 years of India-ASEAN cooperation. “Had a good interaction with Foreign Ministers and Representatives of @ASEAN countries as we celebrate 30 years of close India-ASEAN cooperation,” PM Modi tweeted today. India hosted the Special […]
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India fully supports strong, unified and prosperous ASEAN: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that India fully supports a strong, unified and prosperous ASEAN, the one whose centrality of the Indo pacific is fully recognised. Addressing the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting today in New Delhi, Jaishankar highlighted that ASEAN has stood tall as a beacon of regionalism, […]
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‘Listen to voices of Asean, South Asia, Indo-Pacific’: Japanese PM Kishida at Quad Summit
While stating that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “fundamentally shaken ruled-based international order”, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in his opening remarks at the Quad summit on Tuesday called upon the international community to listen to the voices of the Asean, South Asian and Indo-Pacific countries. Kishida stressed the […]
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US, ASEAN supporting UN Secretary-General’s peace-seeking efforts on Ukraine
The United States and the ASEAN nations have voiced support for the efforts of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aimed at looking for a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, the joint statement of the US-ASEAN Summit said. “With regard to Ukraine, as for all nations, we continue to reaffirm our respect for sovereignty, political […]
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US vows 150 million in investment to ASEAN with China in focus
Amid concerns over China’s growing influence in the South Asian region, the United States has pledged over USD 150 million in investment to the ASEAN for maritime cooperation, infrastructure, and other initiatives. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden starts a two-day summit on Thursday with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian […]
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ASEAN countries central to India’s Indo-Pacific strategy, says foreign secretary
The ASEAN countries are central to India’s Indo-Pacific strategy and the two fundamental pillars of the nation’s foreign policy are the Neighbourhood First and Act East, said foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday. “India is linked to South East Asia by land through this region. It is linked by the Bay […]
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PM Modi underlines ASEAN’s centrality in India’s vision of Indo-Pacific
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 18th ASEAN-India summit underlined the bloc’s centrality in India’s vision of the Indo-Pacific and noted that partnership with the grouping is a key pillar of India’s Act East Policy, said Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary-East, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Speaking after the conclusion of […]
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Putin to take part in G20, ASEAN, East Asia Summits next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in several international summits next week, according to the Rossiya 1 broadcaster’s “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” TV program. The agenda includes high-level meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the East Asia summit. Putin will also virtually partake in the G20 summit. (ANI/Sputnik)
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ASEAN sees progrees in drawing up ‘code of conduct’ on South China Sea
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said it has seen progress in drawing up a “code of conduct” to avert clashes in the South China Sea between its members and China. This comes as the group wrapped up a series of meetings this week. Erywan Yusof, the second foreign […]
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Brunei’s candidate emerges front-runner for ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar
Brunei’s second foreign minister Erywan Yusof has emerged as the front-runner for the job of ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to facilitate mediation among the stakeholders and to find a peaceful resolution of the political crisis in the country. The discussion in this regard took place during the meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]