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Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 01:53 AM IST
After Jakarta, Jaishankar will travel to Bangkok to participate in the 12th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) on Sunday. (Image file: Getty)
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar begins a week-long visit to Indonesia and Thailand, to strengthen India’s engagement with the ASEAN and BIMSTEC groups
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on a week-long visit to Indonesia and Thailand starting Wednesday for meetings, including with counterparts from the ASEAN and BIMSTEC groups. During his visit to Indonesia, Jaishankar will meet his counterparts under the ASEAN framework in the form of – ASEAN, India, East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum over two days starting from Thursday.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said he will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other countries. “India’s participation with this ASEAN-focused regional structure demonstrates India’s strong commitment to the centrality of ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific region,” she said.
After Jakarta, Jaishankar will travel to Bangkok to participate in the 12th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) on Sunday. The Ministry of External Affairs said that the MGC, one of the oldest mechanisms in the Lower Mekong region, is guided by the policy of East India law.
The MGC is an initiative by India, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to facilitate closer communications between the six member states that share the Ganga River and Mekong River basins. In Bangkok, Jaishankar will also attend the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers Retreat on July 17.
BIMSTEC is an economic and technology initiative that brings together the countries of the Bay of Bengal for multifaceted cooperation. The retreat will discuss ways to deepen the BIMSTEC agenda and strengthen the organization.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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