Phnom Penh, Nov. 12: India and ASEAN international locations vowed to determine a complete strategic partnership and improve cooperation in opposition to terrorism after Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the nineteenth ASEAN-India Summit in Phnom Penh on Saturday.

Dhankhar is in Cambodia for his three-day go to. This yr marks the thirtieth anniversary of ASEAN-India relations and is being celebrated because the ASEAN-India Friendship Year.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a world organisation that has 10 member international locations in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The ASEAN member states and India sought to strengthen cooperation on cybersecurity by establishing new dialogue platforms between India and the ten-member bloc.

In a joint assertion, they acknowledged the deep civilisational linkages, maritime connectivity, and cross-cultural exchanges between Southeast Asia and India which have grown stronger over the past 30 years, offering a powerful basis for ASEAN-India relations.

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar @VPSecretariat met PM Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam on the margins of ASEAN-India Summit.

Reaffirmed to work collectively within the areas of commerce, economic system, safety, tradition, & synergy in worldwide area. pic.twitter.com/ieW6cZPvXT

— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) November 12, 2022

Before addressing the summit, Dhankhar and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen held discussions on methods to additional improve bilateral ties, together with in areas like human assets, de-mining and growth initiatives.

In the joint assertion, India and ASEAN nations declared to boost cooperation within the digital economic system via a collection of regional capacity-building actions in digital transformation, digital commerce, digital abilities and innovation, in addition to Hackathons.

They additionally mentioned that they might improve cooperation in good agriculture together with the change of finest practices in the usage of new applied sciences to develop a future-ready, resilient, and sustainable meals provide.

“We will explore cooperation such as city-to-city partnerships between ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) and Smart City Mission of India by fostering exchanges of best practices and capacity-building to help build cities that are resilient, innovative, well-connected, and technologically advanced,” the assertion learn.

It mentioned that ASEAN and India will strengthen healthcare for his or her folks by rising collaboration in public well being, together with in areas of analysis and growth and public well being emergency.

They sought to expedite the overview of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) to make it extra user-friendly, easy, and trade-facilitative, and work collectively to forge resilient provide chains, discover cooperation on a single window platform to boost commerce facilitation and integration.

Vice President @jdhankhar1 with the leaders of ASEAN Member States on the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit at this time.

Vice President underlined potential of partnership in new and rising areas & reiterated India’s assist to ASEAN centrality within the Indo-Pacific.@VPSecretariat pic.twitter.com/3z0JX57ZfH

— Prasar Bharati News Services & Digital Platform (@PBNS_India) November 12, 2022

They additionally mentioned that they might additional improve ASEAN-India cooperation within the house sector together with via the institution of monitoring, knowledge reception and processing stations in Vietnam and Indonesia, and encourage cooperation between ASEAN and Indian house trade gamers, together with in new areas of collaboration.

The member states of ASEAN and India determined to revive tourism and associated industries which have been severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic via efficient implementation of the ASEAN-India tourism work plans.

On November 13, Dhankhar will take part within the seventeenth East Asia Summit which includes the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and its eight dialogue companions — India, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Russia.

At the East Asia Summit, leaders will talk about methods to additional strengthen the East Asia Summit mechanism, in addition to issues of regional and worldwide curiosity and issues together with maritime safety, terrorism and non-proliferation.-Agencies