Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will attend the ASEAN-India summit in Cambodia this week, which is predicted to evaluate the standing of the strategic partnership between the 2 sides and take inventory of the cooperation within the areas of commerce, funding and connectivity.
Dhankhar can even symbolize India on the seventeenth East Asia Summit throughout his three-day go to to the Southeast Asian nation starting Friday, based on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA).
“Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar will go to Cambodia from November 11 to 13 to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the seventeenth East Asia Summit,” the MEA mentioned in a press release on Monday .
The MEA mentioned the Vice President might be accompanied by Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar throughout his go to to Cambodia. The ministry mentioned throughout his go to, Dhankhar can even have bilateral engagements with the Cambodian management, in addition to holding conferences with leaders from a number of different international locations.
Whereas the ASEAN-India summit will happen on November 12, the East Asia Summit might be held on November 13. Cambodia is internet hosting these summits in its capability as the present chair of the ASEAN.
In October final yr, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had nearly attended the annual ASEAN-India summit in addition to the East Asia Summit.
“The Vice President will attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in Phnom Penh on November 12. This yr marks the thirtieth anniversary of ASEAN-India relations and is being celebrated because the ASEAN-India Friendship yr,” the MEA mentioned.
The ties between India and the 10-nation grouping are on an upswing in the previous few years. Each side even have a powerful convergence on the imaginative and prescient of a free and peaceable Indo-Pacific.
India and a number of other different international locations, together with america, China, Japan and Australia, are dialogue companions of the ASEAN.
“Throughout his go to, the Vice President can even have bilateral engagements with the Cambodian management. On the margins of the summits, he’ll maintain bilateral conferences with leaders from different international locations as effectively,” the MEA mentioned.
“Whereas getting back from Phnom Penh, the Vice President can even go to Siem Reap to evaluate the preservation and restoration work being undertaken by India at Cambodian heritage websites,” it added.