BANGKOK, 29 April 2021 – Senior Officials of ASEAN and India discussed a range of cooperation to further strengthen ASEAN-India strategic partnership at the 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting held yesterday.
The meeting exchanged views on the developments in ASEAN and India, including responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, post-pandemic recovery and explored potentials for cooperation in the post-pandemic phase.
Thet two sides discussed ways and means to further strengthen cooperation in several areas of mutual interest, including counter terrorism, violent extremism and transnational crimes, maritime cooperation, enhanced regional connectivity, trade and finance, investment and economic cooperation.
Cooperation in areas such as climate change, agriculture, disaster management, education, cultural and people-to-people linkages, sustainable development, narrowing the development gaps, science and technology, and digital transformation and cybersecurity were also discussed.
ASEAN and India noted the progress in the implementation of decisions made by Leaders at the 17th ASEAN-India Summit last year and the implementation of the new ASEAN-India Plan of Action for the 2021-2025 period.
The senior officials also exchanged views on the evolving regional architecture and major power relations.
The 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting was co-chaired by Secretary (East) of the External Affairs Ministry, and SOM Leader of India Riva Ganguly Das, and Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and SOM Leader of Thailand Thani Thongphakdi. Other ASEAN SOM Leaders, their representatives and the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for the ASEAN Political-Security Community were also in attendance.
- ABOUT ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.Menu - WHAT WE DO
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
Menu - WHO WE WORK WITH
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
Menu - OUR COMMUNITIES
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
Menu
