ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting 2020

External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar has co-chaired the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting along with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand H.E. Don Pramudwinai.

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Key-Points

It reviewed the status of ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership in several areas including maritime cooperation, connectivity, education and capacity building and people-to-people contacts.

It also reviewed the progress in implementation of the ASEAN-India Plan of Action, 2016-2020.

The new ASEAN-India Plan of Action (2021-2025) was adopted at the Meeting. The plan of action provides for deepening cooperation in an array of areas including trade, investment and people-to-people contact.

The 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries including the US, China, Japan and Australia are its dialogue partners.

ASEAN member countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.