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18th India-ASEAN Summit- Relevance for UPSC Exam
- GS Paper 2: International Relation- Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
18th India-ASEAN Summit- Context
- Recently, the Prime Minister of India participated in the 18th India-ASEAN Summit at the invitation of His Majesty of Brunei, the current Chair of ASEAN.
- The Summit was held virtually and saw participation from the Leaders of ASEAN Member States.
16th East Asia Summit (EAS) 2021
18th India-ASEAN Summit- Key Highlights
- Year 2022 as India-ASEAN Friendship Year: Announced by the leaders to celebrate the 30th anniversary of India-ASEAN Partnership.
- Indian Prime Minister underlined the centrality of ASEAN in India’s Act East Policy and in India’s Vision for the wider Indo-Pacific Vision.
- Adoption of the India-ASEAN Joint Statement on cooperation for peace, stability and prosperity in the region.
- Indo-pacific vision: synergies between the ASEAN Outlook for the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) and India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).
- Enhancing India-ASEAN connectivity in broadest terms including physical, digital and people to people.
- To further strengthen India-ASEAN cultural connectivity, Prime Minister announced India’s support for establishing the ASEAN Cultural Heritage List.
- On trade and investment: India underlined the importance of diversification and resilience of supply chains for post-COVID economic recovery and in this regard, the need to revamp the India-ASEAN FTA.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- About ASEAN: ASEAN was formed in 1967 by the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore.
- ASEAN was created through the Bangkok Declaration (ASEAN Declaration) in Bangkok, Thailand.
- ASEAN Day is observed on 8th August each year.
- ASEAN Secretariat: Indonesia, Jakarta.
- Motto of ASEAN: “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”.
- Mandate of ASEAN: ASEAN aims to promote economic growth, peace, security, social progress and cultural development in the Southeast Asian region.
- ASEAN Members:
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- Thailand (founding member)
- The Philippines (founding member)
- Malaysia (founding member)
- Singapore (founding member)
- Indonesia (founding member)
- Brunei (joined in 1984)
- Vietnam (joined in 1995)
- Lao PDR (joined in 1997)
- Myanmar (joined in 1997)
- Cambodia (joined in 1999)