Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday addressed the East Asia Summit right here on the final day of his go to to Cambodia.
An official within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated that the vp’s tackle was a closed session.
Dhankhar is in Cambodia for his three-day go to. This 12 months marks the thirtieth anniversary of ASEAN-India relations and is being celebrated because the ASEAN-India Friendship Yr.
The Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a global organisation that has 10 member international locations in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
India and ASEAN international locations vowed to determine a complete strategic partnership and improve cooperation towards terrorism after Vice President Dhankhar addressed the nineteenth ASEAN-India Summit right here on Saturday.
Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is accompanying Dhankhar, who’s main the Indian delegation to the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the seventeenth East Asia Summit right here.
Aside from the ASEAN member states, the East Asia Summit contains India, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Russia.
Dhankhar on Saturday introduced a further contribution of USD 5 million to the ASEAN-India science and know-how fund to boost cooperation in sectors of public well being, renewable vitality and good agriculture.
In a joint assertion, ASEAN-India acknowledged the deep civilisational linkages, maritime connectivity, and cross-cultural exchanges between Southeast Asia and India which have grown stronger during the last 30 years, offering a robust basis for ASEAN-India relations.
India and ASEAN nations additionally declared to boost cooperation within the digital economic system by way of a sequence of regional capacity-building actions in digital transformation, digital commerce, digital expertise and innovation, in addition to Hackathons.