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PM Modi outlines 10 point plan to deepen ties with Asean

PM Modi outlines 10 point plan to deepen ties with Asean

Vientiane/New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday outlined a 10-point plan to further deepen India’s ties with the Asean bloc, as India celebrates a decade of its Act East Policy.
PM Modi in a post on X said the 21st Asean-India Summit was a productive one.
“We discussed how to further strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and ASEAN. We look forward to deepening trade ties, cultural linkages and cooperation in technology, connectivity and other such sectors.”
“Proposed ten suggestions which will further deepen India’s friendship with ASEAN,” he posted on X.
The 10 points to strengthen the Asean-India Comprehensive Partnership are:
*Celebrating 2025 as Asean-India Year of Tourism for which India would make available USD5 million toward joint activities
*To celebrate a decade of Act East Policy through several people-centric activities, including Youth Summit, Start-up Festival, Hackathon, Music Festival, Asean-India network of Think Tanks and Delhi Dialogue
*To organise Asean-India Women Scientists Conclave under Asean-India Science and Technology Development Fund
*Doubling the number of Scholarships at Nalanda University and provision of new scholarships for Asean students at Agricultural Universities in India
*Review of Asean-India Trade in Good agreement by 2025
*Enhancing Disaster Resilience for which India would make available USD5 million
*Initiate a new Health Ministers’ track towards building Health Resilience
*Initiate a Regular Mechanism of Asean-India Cyber Policy dialogue towards strengthening Digital and Cyber Resilience
*Workshop on Green Hydrogen
*Invited Asean leaders to join Plant a Tree for Mother campaign towards building climate resilience
The MEA spokesperson said in a post on X:
“Enhancing connectivity and resilience’ together with the ASEAN family.
“PM @narendramodi participated in the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR, today.
“In the 10th year of the Act East Policy, PM announced a 10-point plan to strengthen connectivity and resilience based on the theme of ASEAN Chair 2024, including physical, digital, cultural and spiritual connectivity towards achieving cyber, disaster, supply chain, health and climate resilience.
“PM reiterated India’s support for ASEAN Unity, ASEAN Centrality and ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.”
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