Asean News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Jakarta to attend the ASEAN-India Summit. At the Summit, PM Modi spoke about the theme, ‘ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth’. He said that India is committed to working together with ASEAN countries for progress.

The 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit will review India-ASEAN relations and future cooperation.

He also said that there are many similarities between India's 'Indo Pacific Oceans Initiative' and ASEAN's 'Outlook on Indo Pacific'The ties between India and ASEAN have been on an upswing in the last few years with focus being on ramping up cooperation in the areas of trade and investment

The fellowship programme welcomes students from 10 Asean countries to pursue doctoral studies at the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology.

Beijing and members of the ASEAN should work together to remove 'external disruption' in the South China Sea, Wang said during a joint news conference with Malaysia's foreign minister

Negotiations between ASEAN countries and China over a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea will resume no later than November, Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said

A key project is establishing a COVID-19 response fund to help ASEAN member states buy medical supplies and protective suits

Trade ministers of India and 10-member ASEAN countries have instructed their officials to start discussions for determining the scope of review of free trade agreement at the earliest with a view to make the pact more user-friendly, simple, and trade facilitative for businesses

The group reaffirms the commitment to promote trade and investment, minimise disruptions to trade and global supply chains and facilitate supply chain connectivity

Business communities of India and ASEAN should work to resolve their differences, remove non-tariff barriers, ensure sanctity of rules of origin and open markets to expand two-way trade, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal