{"id":20566,"date":"2021-10-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/?guid=61e885e589145c16808affd120a31292"},"modified":"2021-10-28T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:00:00","slug":"pm-modi-reaffirms-indias-focus-on-free-amp-open-indo-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/pm-modi-reaffirms-indias-focus-on-free-amp-open-indo-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi reaffirms India’s focus on free & open Indo-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reaffirmed the importance of the East Asia Summit (EAS) as the premier leaders-led forum in the Indo-Pacific, bringing together nations to discuss important strategic issues.<\/p>\n
He also reasserted India\u2019s focus on a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. Participating in the 16th EAS via video-conference, PM Modi reaffirmed \u201cASEAN centrality\u201d in the Indo-Pacific and highlighted the synergies between ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific and India\u2019s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative, said a release.<\/p>\n
The East Asia Summit comprises 10 ASEAN members (Myanmar has been downgraded) and eight associate members, including India, the US, Russia and China.<\/p>\n
The PM highlighted India\u2019s efforts to fight the pandemic through vaccines and medical supplies. He emphasised the establishment of a better balance between economy and ecology and climate sustainable lifestyle.<\/p>\n
This was the PM\u2019s seventh East Asia Summit. The EAS was preceded by back-to-back 38th and 39th summits of the ASEAN that were also held virtually.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: TREND News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reaffirmed the importance of the East Asia Summit (EAS) as the premier leaders-led forum in the Indo-Pacific, bringing together nations to discuss important strategic issues.He also reasserted India\u2019s focus on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n