Speaking at the 14th East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Jaishankar further noted that the Act East Policy, which was announced at the 9th EAS, has completed a decade now, and India will continue to uphold ASEAN unity and centrality through the Act East Policy.
Penny Wong said that she is looking forward to meeting her counterparts from Japan, India and the United States at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo.
While addressing a weekly media briefing, Jaiswal said that foreign ministers of four nations will take forward the Quad agenda and take stock of all that has been achieved so far.
The visit underlines India's deep engagement with and the importance India attaches to the ASEAN-centred regional architecture, our strong commitment to ASEAN unity, ASEAN centrality, the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) and taking forward the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic P
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Thailand counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa reiterated their commitment to closer cooperation in sub-regional, regional, and multilateral fora.
State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Tharaka Balasuriya called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "charming" and a "very visionary man", and said that he agrees with PM Modi's assessment that if there's more connectivity between not just Sri Lanka and India, but also Myanmar and Tha
Apart from ways to strengthen regional cooperation, the talks also featured improving connectivity, energy, trade, health, agriculture, science, security and people-to-people exchanges.
Jaishankar on Thursday welcomed colleagues from across the world for the second Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Foreign Ministers' Retreat.
Jaishankar on Thursday welcomed colleagues from across the world for the second Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Foreign Ministers' Retreat.