PM Modi Highlights ASEAN's Centrality In India's Vision For Indo-Pacific
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At the annual India-ASEAN summit, the leaders of the two sides discussed the situation in the South China Sea and affirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, safety and security in the resource-rich region.
India and the 10-nation ASEAN on Thursday vowed to work towards an Indo-Pacific that embraces openness, transparency, inclusivity, respect for sovereignty and non-intervention in the backdrop of growing global concern over China's military muscle-flexing in the region.
At the annual India-ASEAN summit, the leaders of the two sides discussed the situation in the South China Sea and affirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, safety and security in the resource-rich region.
The two sides released a joint statement on the Indo-Pacific after the virtual summit, reflecting their clear convergence and similarities between India's Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) to promote peace and cooperation in the region.
In his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in India's Act East Policy and in the country's vision for the wider Indo-Pacific region.
