External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met senior ASEAN officials in the national capital on Friday and expressed confidence that the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will further strengthen.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar emphasized that ASEAN-India meetings are “an important feature of India’s diplomatic calendar”.
“Pleased to welcome senior ASEAN officials to New Delhi this afternoon. Pleased to note the progress in our cooperation ASEAN-India meetings are an important feature of India’s diplomatic calendar. Confident that our comprehensive strategic partnership will continue to grow from strength to strength,” Jaishankar said on X (formerly Twitter).
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an intergovernmental international organization consisting of Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia.
“A delegation of senior officials from ASEAN, Timor-Leste and the ASEAN Secretariat jointly met S Jaishankar on Friday. Underscoring that ASEAN is an important pillar of India’s Act East policy and its vision for the broader Indo-Pacific, the External Affairs Minister encouraged the delegation to focus on themes of critical importance and specific outcomes, including ASEAN- This also includes early completion of the India Goods Trade Review. Agreement (AITIGA) and regional issues of mutual interest,” the MEA said in a statement.
Last month, while advocating increased cooperation between India and ASEAN countries, Jaishankar highlighted that both sides, through greater cooperation, can play a major role in the emerging regional architecture of the Indo-Pacific.
“We support ASEAN unity, ASEAN centrality and the ASEAN perspective on the Indo-Pacific. India truly believes that a strong and integrated ASEAN can play a constructive role in the emerging regional architecture of the Indo-Pacific,” EAM Jaishankar said in a virtual address at the first ASEAN Future Forum.
He said, “The synergy between India’s Indo Pacific Ocean Initiative (IPOI) and the ASEAN Perspective on the Indo Pacific (AOIP), reflected in the Joint Statement of our ASEAN India Leaders, provides a strong framework for cooperation, “Which also includes solutions to broader security challenges.” ,
Notably, India actively participates in various ‘ASEAN-led frameworks’. In particular, India regularly participates in the meetings and its supporting processes of the East Asia Summit (EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting+ (ADMM+) and the Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF). Is.
