Sushma Swaraj in Myanmar for ASEAN meet, East Asia Summit

[Ammyy]

Sushma Swaraj in Myanmar for ASEAN meet, East Asia Summit

Nay Pyi Taw: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here this evening on a four-day visit to attend three key multilateral forums including India-ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting, East Asia Summit, besides bilateral talks with her counterparts from China, Australia and other nations.
The ASEAN-India Ministerial meeting here tomorrow in Myanmar's capital, is likely to push for taking the relationship to next level by expanding trade and investment and exploring new areas of cooperation.

On Sunday, Swaraj will be participating in the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the meeting of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF).

The EAS meeting is likely to focus on cooperation in the areas of energy, education, disaster management, food security and improving connectivity.

In the ARF conference, issues relating to peace and security in the region will be discussed.

Ways to combat terrorism and issues relating to South China sea may also figure in the ARF meeting.

On Monday, Swaraj will call on President of Myanmar U Thein Sein.

On the ASEAN-India meeting, officials said it will seek to further strengthen the ties in diverse areas.

There has been significant progress in ties between India and the 10-nation ASEAN grouping in the last few years in diverse sectors, particularly in trade and commerce.

The bilateral trade grew by 4.6 per cent from USD 68.4 billion in 2011 to USD 71.6 billion in 2012.

ASEAN's exports were valued at USD 43.84 billion and imports from India amounted to USD 27.72 billion in 2012.

The target has been set at USD 100 billion by 2015 for ASEAN-India trade.

The key members of ASEAN block include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

India and the ASEAN have already implemented a free trade agreement in goods and are set to widen its base and include services and investments.

The India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement was signed in August 2009 and it came into force on January 1, 2010.

Swaraj will also have bilateral meetings with her counterparts from Myanmar, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Canada on the margins of the multilaterals.
Sushma Swaraj in Myanmar for ASEAN meet, East Asia Summit

 

[Mr.S.Singh]

darnn this govt is making more trips in a year than congress made in 1 year
cheers for Indian diplomacy

 

[arp2041]

Aha.....how can I forget that Myanmar is another region in Akhand Bharat!!

 

[Ammyy]

India’s ‘Look East Policy’ needs concrete action, says experts

New Delhi, Aug 5: India’s Look East Policy, in which Myanmar plays a key role as the route for major connectivity between India’s landlocked northeast and Southeast Asia, needs to rise above “mere academic talk” to show “more concrete action”, experts said.

According to experts, the connectivity corridors like the Trilateral Highway and the Kaladan Multimodal Project need to be fast turned into development corridors and stakeholders in the region involved in it. Rajiv K. Bhatia, director general of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and former envoy to Myanmar, said mere “academic talk is no substitute for concrete action” in the development of the connectivity corridors.

“Other stakeholders need to be motivated, and not just the ministry of external affairs,” he said at a talk on ‘Look East Policy: India and Myanmar Pitching for Greater Connectivity” Monday.

Bhatia said more funding is needed for the projects and better high-level management and visible and sustained action. He suggested that the authorities should issue “authoritative notes on when the projects, like Trilateral Highway and the Kaladan Multimodal Project, will be completed – or the deadlines will keep lengthening”.

Speaking at the event organised by the Institute of Social Sciences here, senior journalist and author B.G. Varghese said the government has “structurally not got its act together” on the connectivity projects that are meant to link the landlocked northeast with the Southeast Asian region.

He said the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), which is meant for the northeast region, should be having its office in the northeast and not in New Delhi. “Why should’nt the ministry for the northeast be in the northeast? Why should northeast people or issues related to the northeast have to be dealt with in New Delhi,” asked the veteran journalist.

“Structural changes are needed in India’s Look East Policy, or no Look East can happen… It can’t be run from New Delhi,” he said, adding that the Look East Policy has “huge potential” and the constant delay in implementation of crucial connectivity projects is hampering forward movement.

Ajay Gondane, joint secretary, border connectivity in the ministry of external affairs, said the government has launched the division of border connectivity with a new emphasis of taking ties with neighbours beyond the borders. He said the connectivity projects in order to become connectivity corridors need to involve the people of the region in a major way.

Ash Narain Roy, Director, Institute of Social Sciences, said India’s ties with Myanmar are getting new emphasis. In May this year, the two countries inked an MoU on border cooperation to provide a framework for security cooperation and intelligence exchange between the security agencies of the two countries.

In the last week of July, the Fifth India-Myanmar Regional Border Committee meeting was held in Imphal for boosting bilateral ties. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is also set to travel to Myanmar to attend the ministerial meeting of the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Nay Pyi Taw next week.

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Sushma Swaraj in Myanmar for ASEAN meet, East Asia Summit

Nay Pyi Taw: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here this evening on a four-day visit to attend three key multilateral forums including India-ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting, East Asia Summit, besides bilateral talks with her counterparts from China, Australia and other nations.
The ASEAN-India Ministerial meeting here tomorrow in Myanmar's capital, is likely to push for taking the relationship to next level by expanding trade and investment and exploring new areas of cooperation.

On Sunday, Swaraj will be participating in the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the meeting of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF).

The EAS meeting is likely to focus on cooperation in the areas of energy, education, disaster management, food security and improving connectivity.

In the ARF conference, issues relating to peace and security in the region will be discussed.

Ways to combat terrorism and issues relating to South China sea may also figure in the ARF meeting.

On Monday, Swaraj will call on President of Myanmar U Thein Sein.

On the ASEAN-India meeting, officials said it will seek to further strengthen the ties in diverse areas.

There has been significant progress in ties between India and the 10-nation ASEAN grouping in the last few years in diverse sectors, particularly in trade and commerce.

The bilateral trade grew by 4.6 per cent from USD 68.4 billion in 2011 to USD 71.6 billion in 2012.

ASEAN's exports were valued at USD 43.84 billion and imports from India amounted to USD 27.72 billion in 2012.

The target has been set at USD 100 billion by 2015 for ASEAN-India trade.

The key members of ASEAN block include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

India and the ASEAN have already implemented a free trade agreement in goods and are set to widen its base and include services and investments.

The India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement was signed in August 2009 and it came into force on January 1, 2010.

Swaraj will also have bilateral meetings with her counterparts from Myanmar, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Canada on the margins of the multilaterals.
Sushma Swaraj in Myanmar for ASEAN meet, East Asia Summit

Aise conduct karte hai Foreign Policy,Sekho UPA walo

 

[Kaniska]

I think NDA gov is doing correct policy by focossing on neighoring nations....They should make sure they improve relation with near nations and then go outward..