ASEAN occupies central place in Asia-Pacifics security architecture: VK Singh
The Dollar Business Bureau Minister of State for External Affairs Gen VK Singh said on Sunday that ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) occupies a central position in the Asia-Pacific region’s “security architecture” and has the distinctive ability to reflect the greater interests of world. From the Indian perspective, ASEAN occupied a central place in the security architecture of the Asia-Pacific region, Singh said while speaking at the 15th meeting of ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers in Manila. In the last five decades, the regional intergovernmental organisation had put behind it several post-decolonisation discussions of the region and steered away adeptly from the Cold War to enter in a new era of higher economic growth that act as an example to others, he said. “Surviving ...
India seeks to forge deeper economic partnership with ASEAN
The Dollar Business Bureau With an aim to boost economic and trade partnership with the ASEAN members, Modi had, at the 12th ASEAN-India Summit held in Myanmar in November 2014, pitched for the “Act East Policy” and had jointly created ASEAN-India Free Trade Area With the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Malaysia, India is eyeing a more robust economic integration with the ASEAN countries. Modi is schedule to be on a two-day visit to Kuala Lumpur to attend the 13th ASEAN-India Summit on November 21 and the 10th East Asia Summit on November 22. With an aim to boost economic and trade partnership with the ASEAN members, Modi had, at the 12th ASEAN-India Summit held in Myanmar in ...
