The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with India was convened in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of External Affairs of India S. Jaishankar and Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz. Timor-Leste attended as an Observer. The Meeting reaffirmed both sides’ commitment to further enhance the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) in the coming years by continuing the robust implementation of the ASEAN-India Plan of Action and its Annex, and to develop its successor document which will guide both sides in realising the full potential of the CSP in the next five years. The Ministers also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues of common interest and concern.
