India shares ASEAN vision for rule-based societies: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India is committed to work with ASEAN nations to enhance collaboration in the maritime domain.
Addressing the plenary session of India-ASEAN commemorative summit Modi said that India shares the ASEAN vision for rule based societies and values of peace.
At the outset, he welocpmed the ASEAN leaders who are in the country for the second time and said that tomorrow you are our honored guests at our republic day celebration.
"Our friendship has been nurtured by our culture, our civilisation. We have organised our Ramayana festival with members of ASEAN countries to showcase our common cultural treasure," he said adding that since 1992, our partnership has evolved to strategic partnership.
"During the retreat session, maritime domain was a key focus area. Indeed, maritime cooperation has been an integral part of our discourse with the theme resonating in the ASEAN-India connectivity summit," he said.
#WATCH Prime Minister Narendra Modi with ASEAN leaders at the Mughal Garden in Rashtrapati Bhawan pic.twitter.com/HAEZMVNree
— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2018
Highlights of PM Modi speech
•
Our
trade
has
grown
25
times
in
25
years.
Investments
are
robust
and
growing.
•
WE
will
continue
to
work
with
ASEAN
to
enhance
our
trade
ties.
•
The
success
of
recent
events,
the
ASEAN
India
business
meetings
have
shown
encouraging
results.
•
We
will
further
enhance
trade
ties
and
work
towards
greater
interaction
among
our
business
communities.
•
To
build
our
historical
bonds,
I
propose
to
declare
2019
as
the
year
to
promote
tourism.
•
It
was
a
privileged
for
India
to
play
a
role
in
conversations
of
temples
in
Cambodia,
Myanmar
and
Vietnam.
Leaders of the ten ASEAN countries, comprising Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos and Brunei, are in India for the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit being held in New Delhi.
The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit will mark 25 years of India's ties with the southeast Asian bloc. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The summit comes at a time when India is making a strategic shift in its regional policy, enhancing its previous 'Look East' policy to the new 'Act East' policy.
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