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.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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