10-12-2003, 07:09 AM
[url="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00111150066.htm"]East Asia Economic Summit to enhance India's ties[/url]
Putrajaya, Malaysia, Oct. 11. (PTI): Having set a new agenda for closer ties with East Asia at the recent India-ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, India now gets another chance to present itself as a close ally to the grouping at the East Asia Economic Summit.
Organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the three-day event beginning in Singapore tomorrow, includes a session to review the progress and future of India's economic ties with the 10-member grouping and its three extended partners.
The session on `India-ASEAN: Partners for Progress' will assess cooperation efforts from both sides in enhancing trade, investment and technology ties.
While viewing the achievements, participants are also to present the path for future cooperation. The session will present an exclusive report from the ASEAN meeting of heads of state recently concluded in Bali.
It will also evaluate ASEAN's progress in building trading partnership with China and other non-member countries and what should be the agenda in terms of geopolitics and international relations.
Putrajaya, Malaysia, Oct. 11. (PTI): Having set a new agenda for closer ties with East Asia at the recent India-ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, India now gets another chance to present itself as a close ally to the grouping at the East Asia Economic Summit.
Organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the three-day event beginning in Singapore tomorrow, includes a session to review the progress and future of India's economic ties with the 10-member grouping and its three extended partners.
The session on `India-ASEAN: Partners for Progress' will assess cooperation efforts from both sides in enhancing trade, investment and technology ties.
While viewing the achievements, participants are also to present the path for future cooperation. The session will present an exclusive report from the ASEAN meeting of heads of state recently concluded in Bali.
It will also evaluate ASEAN's progress in building trading partnership with China and other non-member countries and what should be the agenda in terms of geopolitics and international relations.