- Venue: New Delhi
- Theme: ‘ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace and Shared Prosperity’.
- The commemorative summit is being organized to mark 20 years since India associated itself with ASEAN as its sectoral dialogue partner. India became a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN in 1992, and a full dialogue partner in 1996.
- India has been trying to give an impetus to its “Look East” policy, with intensive interaction with countries in the region by cooperating in sectors from defence to textiles.
- India has been pushing for completion of negotiations over the ASEAN-India free trade agreement (FTA) on services and investment
FLAGSHIP EVENTS:
- Two flagship events being organized as part of the commemorative year events are the ASEAN Shipping Expedition of INS Sudarshini and the 2nd ASEAN-India Car Rally.
AGREEMENT SIGNED:
- India and ASEAN have finalized a free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investment and elevated their relationship to a strategic level.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP:
- ASEAN has concluded strategic partnerships with three East Asian countries-China, Japan and South Korea. For India, a strategic partnership would mean giving a bigger political and security dimension to its relationship with the region, which has so far been confined to the economic sphere.
VISION STATEMENT:
- Manmohan Singh and the ASEAN leaders released a vision statement, in which the two sides committed themselves to realizing the ASEAN Community in 2015, comprising three pillars, namel.
- ASEAN Political Security Community
- ASEAN Economic Community
- ASEAN Socio Cultural Community
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