’21st century is the century of ASEAN’: PM Modi–

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stated that India- ASEAN relationship was extremely crucial at once when components of the globe were encountering problems and stress, including that the 21st century is the century of ASEAN.

“We are peace-loving countries, respect each other’s national integrity and sovereignty and we are committed to the bright future of our youth. I believe that the 21st century is the century of India and ASEAN countries,” PM Modi stated throughout his address at the ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

#WATCH|At the 21st ASEAN- India Summit in Vientiane, Lao, PM Narendra Modi claims, “…We are peace-loving countries, respect each other’s national integrity and sovereignty and we are committed to the bright future of our youth. I believe that the 21st century is the century of… pic.twitter.com/7Q9depCs4z

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He added, “Today when there is a situation of conflict and tension in many parts of the world, the friendship, cooperation, dialogue and cooperation of India and ASEAN are very important.”

On India’s Act-East policy

PM Modi launched India’s Act-East policy a decade ago. Reflecting on the progress made under the policy, the prime minister said, “In the last decade, this policy has given new energy, direction and momentum to the historic relations between India and ASEAN countries. In the last 10 years, our trade with the ASEAN region has almost doubled to over 130 billion dollars.”

He also highlighted that today India has direct flights to as many as seven ASEAN countries with efforts underway to create flight connectivity with Brunei.

< a href=" https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH | At the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane, Lao, PM Narendra Modi says, ” I had actually introduced India’s Act-East plan. In the last years, this plan has actually provided brand-new power, instructions and energy to the historical connections in between India and ASEAN nations. Giving importance … pic.twitter.com/eNXlkjBcL2

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PM Modi likewise highlighted the requirement to finish the evaluation of the ASEAN-India FTA (AITIGA) in a time-bound fashion in the direction of using better financial possibility for the advantage of the ASEAN-India neighborhood.

With inputs from firms