ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers meeting to be held on June 16: MEA

On Thursday, June 9, the Ministry of External Affairs announced that India will host the two-day ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers meeting on June 16-17. This meeting has been termed “special” as it is marking the 30th anniversary of India’s dialogue relations.

“India will host the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ meeting on 16th-17th June to mark the 30th anniversary of our dialogue relations and the 10th anniversary of our strategic partnership with ASEAN,” said MEA spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) consists of 10 Southeastern countries. The motive of the organisation was to promote cooperation among the governments and to facilitate trade. India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar and Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan will co-chair the meeting as per MEA.

“EAM Dr S Jaishankar & Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will co-chair the meeting. Foreign Ministers of other ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretary-General will participate in the meeting. 2022 has been designated as the ASEAN-India friendship year,” Bagchi further added.