Loss of chairmanship blow to Myanmar's ruling military leadership in gaining international recognition. In 2021, ASEAN leaders had agreed to a 5-point consensus to address Myanmar situation.
Modi to attend Indonesia meet just days before G20 Summit. India, whose trade deficit with bloc stood at $43.57 bn in FY23, ‘keen’ to hold at least one meeting reviewing 2009 trade pact.
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.
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Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
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