Jaishankar met foreign policy chief of Communist Party of China Wang Yi in Indonesia, where the latter said the 2 countries should not let 'specific issues' affect ties.
Blinken met China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Wang in Beijing last month, marking the first visit to China by a US Secretary of State in five years.
Citing 'health reasons', China announced that Qin Gang will be unable to attend the ASEAN-plus foreign ministers' meetings in Indonesia, scheduled to be held from 13 to 14 July.
Cambodia is hosting the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) annual summit and a parallel East Asian Summit, with the regional bloc engaging with a host of leaders.
The ministers met to restart peace processes in military-ruled Myanmar, after recent violence. Army generals have been barred from high-level ASEAN meetings since last year.
Foreign ministers of ASEAN states unanimously highlighted impact of Russia-Ukraine war on Southeast & South Asia. They also batted for greater integration with South Asia through India.
The prime minister will also attend the East Asia Summit on 27 October virtually and discuss maritime security and terrorism. The ASEAN-India summit will be held on 28 October.
With travel curbs in place in many countries and business conferences scaled back, govts in Asia are getting an extra nudge to consider scrapping events.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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