ASEAN-India fund for Digital Future announced in Jakarta
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented a 12-point proposal for strengthening India–ASEAN cooperation covering connectivity, digital transformation, trade and economic engagement, addressing contemporary challenges, people-to-people contacts and deepening strategic engagement.
These 12 points are:
Establishing multi-modal connectivity and economic corridor that links South-East Asia-India-West Asia-Europe;
Offered to share India’s Digital Public Infrastructure Stack with ASEAN partners
Announced ASEAN-India fund for Digital Future focusing on cooperation in digital transformation and financial connectivity;
Announced renewal of support to Economic and Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) to act as knowledge partner for enhancing our engagement;
Called for collectively raising issues being faced by Global South in multilateral for a;
Invited ASEAN countries to join Global Centre for Traditional Medicine being established by WHO in India;
Called for working together on Mission LiFE;
Offered to share India’s experience in providing affordable and quality medicines to people through Jan-Aushadhi Kendras;
Called for collective fight against terrorism, terror financing and cyber-disinformation;
Invited ASEAN countries to join Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure;
Called for cooperation in disaster management;
Called for enhanced cooperation on maritime safety, security and domain awareness.
At the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS), the Prime Minister reiterated the importance of EAS mechanism and reaffirmed our support to further strengthening it. He underlined India’s support for ASEAN centrality and called for ensuring a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific.
The Prime Minister held extensive discussions with ASEAN partners on further strengthening of ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and charting its future course, the PMO said on 7 Sept 2023.
He reaffirmed ASEAN centrality in the Indo-Pacific and highlighted the synergies between India’s Indo-Pacific Ocean’s Initiative (IPOI) and ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP). He also emphasized the need to complete the review of ASEAN-India FTA (AITIGA) in a time bound manner. Fiinews.com
