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09/08/22 07:21 AM IST

ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

In News 
  • ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AIFMM) was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 
ASEAN- India 
  • 30 years of India-ASEAN relations and 2022 has been designated as ASEAN-India friendship year.
  • Trade: Over 10% of India’s overall trade with ASEAN countries (India’s 4th largest trading partner)
  • Forums: India is a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), Mekong Ganga Cooperation.
  • Transport: India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highways, Kaladan Multi-modal Project.
  • Security: India’s ‘Act East Policy’ and ‘Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)’
  • Military exercise: CORPAT (with Indonesia and Thailand); Samudra Shakti (Indonesia); SIMBEX (Singapore)
  • Socio-Cultural Cooperation: Inviting ASEAN students to India, Special Training Course for ASEAN diplomats, Exchange of Parliamentarians, etc.
  • East Asia Summit (EAS):First held in 2005, the summit is usually attended by the heads of state from ASEAN, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, and the United States.
Source- PIB 

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