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Asean leaders tell Myanmar coup maker to end killings
AP |
PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2021 02:00 PM IST
- The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also told Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during the two-hour talks in Jakarta that a dialogue between contending parties in Myanmar should immediately start, with the help of ASEAN envoys, President Joko Widodo said.
Myanmar protesters clap to denounce junta as region focuses on crisis
Reuters |
PUBLISHED ON APR 05, 2021 06:46 PM IST
Clapping began in various parts of the main city Yangon at 5 pm (1030 GMT) in response to a call by protest organisers, residents said.
Pressure Myanmar military junta to protect people's freedoms: UN to ASEAN states
ANI |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 03:34 PM IST
According to Sputnik, on Tuesday, the foreign ministers of the ASEAN nations held an informal virtual meeting, urging all parties in Myanmar to exercise restraint and offering their assistance in finding a peaceful solution to the post-coup crisis.
Working to transform Guwahati as gateway to Southeast Asia: CM Sonowal
Guwahati | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Mallika Soni
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2020 01:19 PM IST
Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Sonowal said the state is eyeing the ASEAN market, besides the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal).
News updates from Hindustan Times: Covid, IPL among top global trends in Google’s ‘Year in Search 2020’ and all the latest news
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON DEC 10, 2020 01:28 PM IST
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Rajnath Singh’s message at Asean meet aims at China, advocates self-restraint
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2020 06:42 PM IST
Rajnath Singh’s remarks, made during a virtual gathering of the ADMM Plus that was joined by his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe, came against the backdrop of the India-China standoff in Ladakh sector of the LAC
Need to continue efforts to address threats of bio-terrorism, pandemic diseases: Rajnath Singh at ADMM-PLUS
Hindsutan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com| Edited by: Harshit Sabarwal
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2020 09:38 AM IST
“Threats to the rules-based order, maritime security, cyber related crimes and terrorism, just to name a few, remain the challenges that we need to address as a forum,” the defence minister said on the occasion of the meeting’s 10th anniversary.
RCEP is a China club, best India stays out of it
UPDATED ON NOV 23, 2020 10:07 AM IST
India joined the negotiations in 2012 and continued to be part of them until the Bangkok meet. It was flexible in negotiations and made adjustments in pursuit of a comprehensive, fair and a balanced agreement. In the end, the final document did not meet any of the three parameters.
Indo-Pacific concept a rejection of spheres of influence: Jaishankar
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Arpan Rai
PUBLISHED ON NOV 20, 2020 04:46 PM IST
Addressing a global town hall event via video-conferencing, Jaishankar also said that the Indo-Pacific was an indication of a future not a throwback to the past and “only those harbouring a Cold War mindset will see such intentions”.
Analysis | India has rightly shunned RCEP for now
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Zia Haq
UPDATED ON NOV 20, 2020 09:52 AM IST
It has generally been the case that India’s lack of competitiveness in exports has meant it can’t take advantage of FTAs. Simply put, our industry lacks the scale, technology, and productivity required to compete
China perceives rising India as ‘rival’; wants to constraint its partnership with US, allies: report
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Mallika Soni
UPDATED ON NOV 19, 2020 01:59 PM IST
“China perceives rising India as a rival and seeks to impel it to accommodate Beijing’s ambitions by engaging economically while constraining New Delhi’s strategic partnership with the US, Japan, Australia and its relations with other democracies,” the report said.
RCEP would have hurt India’s economy, FTA with EU not easy: S Jaishankar
HIndustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 18, 2020 08:45 PM IST
The 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea signed RCEP on Sunday
ASEAN, China, other partners set world’s biggest trade pact
By Associated Press | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON NOV 15, 2020 09:05 AM IST
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed virtually on Sunday on the sidelines of the annual summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
PM Modi underlines centrality of Asean in India’s Act East policy
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 12, 2020 11:38 PM IST
The situation in the South China Sea, where China is engaged in disputes with several Asean members, and all regional issues of concern figured in the discussions during the Asean-India Summit that was co-chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Asean-India summit on November 12 to focus on boosting trade, connectivity
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan
PUBLISHED ON NOV 11, 2020 03:24 PM IST
The summit between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be held on the margins of the 37th summit of the 10-member grouping
PM Modi, Vietnamese counterpart to co-chair 17th ASEAN-India Summit on November 12
New Delhi | By Asian News International| Posted by Kunal Gaurav
PUBLISHED ON NOV 11, 2020 03:20 PM IST
The leaders of all ten ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states will participate in the virtual summit, which will review the status of ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership and take stock of progress made in key areas such as connectivity, maritime cooperation, trade and commerce, education and capacity building etc.
PM Modi to co-chair virtual India-Asean summit on Thursday
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON NOV 11, 2020 02:35 PM IST
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the summit will review the status of Asean-India strategic partnership and take stock of progress made in key areas.
ASEAN nations to sign China-backed trade deal amid US presidential uncertainty
Hanoi, Vietnam | By Reuters | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
UPDATED ON NOV 11, 2020 02:08 PM IST
The deal, which is expected to be signed later on Sunday on the sidelines of a mostly online, four-day ASEAN summit in Hanoi, will take years to complete but will progressively lower tariffs across many areas and could become the world’s biggest trade agreement.
![Responding to a question on whether resolving the border issue will be a protracted process even if current tensions dissipate, the Singapore envoy said it is “always problematic [in] relations between…two humongous neighbours to resolve [things]”.(ANI)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2020/09/17/Pictures/indian-around-force-apache-helicopter-mountain-flying_64dbe700-f8e8-11ea-8447-4cde2f7f32a9.jpg "Responding to a question on whether resolving the border issue will be a protracted process even if current tensions dissipate, the Singapore envoy said it is “always problematic [in] relations between…two humongous neighbours to resolve [things]”.(ANI)")
‘It may be a long winter’: Singapore envoy amid India-China tension at LAC
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2020 06:51 PM IST
Asked about the implications of the India-China standoff, Wong said there is a “stalemate and a stare-down situation”.
India-China flare-up could hurt post-Covid recovery efforts across the region: Singapore high commissioner
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2020 09:26 PM IST
In his first interview to the India media, Singapore’s new high commissioner Simon Wong Wie Kuen says that the India-China conflict must be resolved amicably, because from the Covid-19 recovery point of view, if two big economic engines suffer, all of Asian economy will too
Customs’ scrutiny from Sept 21 to check all Chinese imports
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rajeev Jayaswal
PUBLISHED ON SEP 16, 2020 09:02 AM IST
There has been rampant violation of “rules of origin” that have opened floodgates for dumping of Chinese goods in India through third countries such as Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia
‘Greater cooperation’: India, ASEAN adopt plan of action for 2021-25
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2020 07:55 PM IST
The plan of action will help the two sides to work towards the ASEAN 2025 vision for an economically integrated and rules-based grouping that narrows the development gap and enhances connectivity.
Goyal asks Asean nations to strengthen rules of origin to check influx of Chinese goods
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rajeev Jayaswal
UPDATED ON AUG 30, 2020 02:08 PM IST
Goyal co-chaired the 17th Asean-India Economic (AEM) Ministers’ Consultations held on Saturday via videoconference in a bid to maintain social distancing norms because of the raging coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.
Covid-19 highlighted importance of diversification and resilience of supply chains, says Jaishankar
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON AUG 20, 2020 02:02 PM IST
The Covid-19 crisis has shown up the lack of multilateralism at a time when it “was most in demand”
News updates from Hindustan Times: Centre should take steps to undo economic disruption caused by Covid, says Manmohan Singh and all the latest news
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2020 09:06 AM IST
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Andaman optical fiber may pitch India as alternative to China in ASEAN region
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Deeksha Bharadwaj
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2020 09:14 AM IST
The project, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, promises a 2,300-km submarine optical fibre cable network that will connect the islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Chennai.
India will resist China’s economic imperialism |Opinion
By Gopal Krishna Agarwal
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2020 06:45 PM IST
By opting out of RCEP, PM Modi had already shown the way. This is an opportunity for the domestic economy
QUAD is ready but no more free lunches for ASEAN on South China Sea
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Shishir Gupta
UPDATED ON JUL 17, 2020 02:23 PM IST
India has rejected the Chinese claims on South China Sea (SCS) by calling it a global commons and openly advocated its long held position of freedom of navigation and overflights.
South China Sea is not China’s maritime empire: Pompeo
Washington | By Asian News International | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 08:04 AM IST
After the 36th ASEAN summit on Friday, a joint statement was issued by the members of the bloc expressing concerns over the current situation in the South China Sea.
The defensive turn in India’s foreign policy, writes Vivek Katju
By Vivek Katju
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2020 06:21 PM IST
Diplomats are busy clarifying domestic decisions. This expends capital and diverts attention from India’s goals