New Delhi, Dec 14 (UNI) India on Saturday made a strong case for taking steps by different stakeholders to invest more "time and effort" to enure tangible and meaningful cooperative initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region.
In his valedictory address to 11th Delhi Dialogue here, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said,
"....the more important task at hand is to invest time and effort to use the Indo-Pacific as an open, free and inclusive platform to deliver tangible and meaningful cooperative initiatives".
"For this to happen, it is in everyone’s interest to ensure that the doors remain open to cooperation on as wide a platform as possible. In other words, it makes more sense for all us to focus on what we do, and with as many partners as possible. To put it differently, there must also be a tangible component, beyond conceptual discussions," the Minister said.
Dr Jaishankar said, "....there is equally a need to ensure that we do not get mired in a potentially misleading quest to find a complete identity of views on every element of every concept" vis-a-vis Indo-Pacific region.
Strengthening his argument, he endorsed Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi views and said - "there is a space for us to reclaim infrastructure connectivity on our own, within our region".
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