Indonesian FM reaches India for Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting & Delhi Dialogue XII
16 Jun 2022 11:47:11
New Delhi, June 16: Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi arrived in India for the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Delhi Dialogue XII, said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“Pleasure to welcome FM @Menlu_RI of Indonesia for the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Delhi Dialogue XII. An opportunity to strengthen Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” Bagchi tweeted.
India will host Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SAIFMM) on June 16 and 17, marking the 30th anniversary of India-ASEAN dialogue relations and 10th anniversary of the country’s strategic partnership with ASEAN. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Singapore FM Vivian Balakrishnan, who is India’s Country Coordinator, will co-chair the meeting.
Foreign Ministers of other ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretary-General will participate in the SAIFMM. This year has been designated as ASEAN-India Friendship Year.
ASEAN-India dialogue relations started with the establishment of sectoral partnership in 1992 which graduated to full dialogue partnership in December 1995, Summit level Partnership in 2002, and Strategic partnership in 2012.
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While ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM), hosted by ASEAN Chair, is an annual event, the SAIFMM would be the first ASEAN-India FMM to be hosted by India in New Delhi. The SAIFMM will be preceded by 24th ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting on June 15.
The release said that SAIFMM will be accompanied by the 12th edition of Delhi Dialogue, a premier Track 1.5 Dialogue in ASEAN-India calendar, which will be hosted by India on 16-17 June 2022. The theme of DD-XII is ‘Building Bridges in the Indo-Pacific’. The ministerial session of DD-XII will be attended by EAM and the ASEAN Ministers.