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Closing remarks by External Affairs Minister at the 10th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh |
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Excellencies,
We are convinced about the growth potential between the two major economic entities within Asia: ASEAN and India. Our views for the future vision of the ASEAN-India partnership will be shared with you in the coming weeks.
The project proposals under finalization between ASEAN and India through the ASEAN Secretariat reflect the earnest desire of our two sides to deepen our engagement in diverse sectors. Geographic, institutional and people-to-people connectivity, e-linkages, capacity building across sectors, cooperation in frontier areas like space technology, agriculture, energy, environment and biodiversity are some of the areas that I would suggest for particular attention in the months ahead.
Some significant proposals from our side will include
• Setting up of the ASEAN-India Science & Technology Digital Library,
• ASEAN-India Virtual Institute for Intellectual Property,
• ASEAN-India Technology Information & Commercialization Portal,
• Project for collaboration on Bio-Diversity between the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and the National Biodiversity Authority in India,
• Establishment of Tracking & Data Reception Station and a Data Processing Facility for ASEAN in Vietnam and
• Upgradation of the Biak II Telemetry Tracking & Command Station in Indonesia, and
• IT Centres in CLMV countries by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing based in India.
Inclusion of new sectors such as energy efficiency, food security and other areas mentioned during our deliberations would become the building blocks of our future vision.
Excellencies,
Before the end of July, we will share the logistical and other arrangements to host the Special ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi on December 20-21, 2012. As I said before, it would be our privilege to host the ASEAN Leaders and their delegations.
As I conclude, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you all to the launch of the ASEAN-India Commemorative Year Logo at the end of this meeting.
Thank you.
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Phnom Penh
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July 11, 2012
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